What is José Gea Escolano?
[[File:Mons. Gea Escolano (30279526014).jpg|thumb|José Gea Escolano]] '''José Gea Escolano''' (14 June 1929 &ndash; 6 February 2017) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[Roman Catholic]] bishop. He was born in [[El Real de Gandia]], [[Valencia (autonomous community)|Community of Valencia]]. Gea Escolano became a [[priest]] in 1953. He served as the Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibiza|Ibiza]] from 1976 to 1987. He was later the Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol|Mondoñedo-Ferrol]] from 1987 until his [[retirement]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bborcav.html|title=Archbishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> Gea Escolano died on 6 February 2017 in [[Valencia]], at the age of 87. ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gea Escolano, Jose}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from the Valencian Community]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholic bishops]] {{Bio-stub}}