Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat

Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat (; born 19March 1977) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as Bishop of Urgell and ex officio episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra since 2025. Serrano worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 2012 to 2024.

Early life

Serrano was born on 19March 1977 in Tivissa, Catalonia, Spain. He is a fluent speaker of Catalan, Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese. He entered the minor seminary in Tortosa at the age of 14, then entered the major seminary in 1995. He studied at the in Barcelona and received a Bachelor of Theology degree in 2001.

Career

Diplomatic role

Serrano was secretary of the Mozambique Nunciature from 2012 to 2016. He then served as secretary of the Nunciature in Nicaragua from 2016 to 2017, followed by the Nunciature in Brazil from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, he became a counselor of the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State This meant that upon the resignation of Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, Serrano would become the Bishop of Urgell and therefore Co-Prince of Andorra. His appointment ended speculation in the local press that a diocese might be created for Andorra alone or that a change in the bishop's role as co-prince was contemplated.

On 31May 2025, Serrano became both the Bishop of Urgell and the co-prince of Andorra following the acceptance of the resignation of Vives by Pope Leo XIV. He swore an oath to the Andorran Constitution before the General Council on 26 June 2025. In his speech, he pledged to accept "the rules of a modern, plural and non-confessional state".