Bishop of Tui-Vigo
Msgr. Antonio José Valín Valdés was born in Ribadeo, diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, on 24 February 1968. He was awarded a bachelor’s degree in theology and a masters in Christian communication from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, and served as formator and professor in the Seminary of Mondoñedo. He was ordained a priest on 14 February 1993. He has held the following offices: parish priest of San Sadurniño, director of the Residencia Universitaria de la Domus Ecclesiae de Ferrol and rector of the minor seminary of Mondoñedo (1999), spiritual director of the major seminary (2006), parish priest of Santiago de Foz and other parish communities (2012), archpriest of Mondoñedo (2012-2019), secretary for pastoral care (2015), member of the College of Consultors (2012-2020), episcopal vicar for evangelization (2017), canon of the Cathedral (2018), member of the Pastoral Council (2019), vicar general and moderator of the Curia (since 2019), diocesan administrator (2020), and member of the Presbyteral Council (2021).