José Luis González Novalín

José Luis González Novalín (6 January 1929 – 27 March 2020) was a Spanish priest and historian, rector of the Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli in Rome between 1998 and 2010.

Biography González Novalín was born in Tresali, Asturias on 6 January 1929. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1952 and received his doctorate in Ecclesiastical History from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

From 1954 he taught at the Metropolitan Seminary of Oviedo. From 1954 he taught at the Metropolitan Seminary of Oviedo, and during 45 years.

In 1974 he moved to Rome when he was appointed vice-rector of the Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli. In 1998 he was appointed its rector until his retirement in 2010, when he returned to his homeland and settled in Gijón. Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre