{{Short description|Spanish Catholic archbishop (born 1964)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = | name = Carlos Escribano | honorific_suffix = | title = Archbishop of Zaragoza | image = Mons. Escribano (30877904726).jpg | image_upright = | alt = A smiling priest with a dark but greying beard | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = Zaragoza | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | appointed = 6 October 2020 | term = <!-- or term_start / term_end --> | quashed = <!-- or | retired = --> | predecessor = Vicente Jiménez Zamora | successor = | opposed = | other_post = | previous_post = Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (2016–2020), Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín (2010–2016) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 14 July 1996 | ordained_by = Elías Yanes Álvarez | consecration = 26 September 2010 | consecrated_by = Antonio María Rouco Varela | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | laicized = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = <!-- Only if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|15|df=y}}<!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | birth_place = Carballo, Spain<!-- City, administrative region, country (per Template:Infobox person) --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | death_cause = <!--should be included only when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability--> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | denomination = | residence = | parents = <!-- Names of parents; include only if they are independently notable or particularly relevant. --> | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Zaragoza | alma_mater = | motto = ''Quære primum Regnum Dei et iustitiam eius'' (Seek first the Kingdom of God and its justice) | signature = Firma_de_Carlos_Manuel_Escribano_Subías.svg | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Escudo_de_Carlos_Escribano_Subías_(arzobispo).svg | coat_of_arms_alt = }} '''Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías''' (born 15 August 1964) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as Archbishop of Zaragoza since 2020. He was previously Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín (2010–2016) and Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (2016–2020).
==Biography== Escribano was born in Carballo in Galicia due to his father's mining job, and was raised from the age of seven months in Monzón in Aragon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlos Escribano, nacido en Carballo, es el nuevo arzobispo de Zaragoza|trans-title=Carlos Escribano, born in Carballo, is the new archbishop of Zaragoza |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carballo/2020/10/08/carlos-escribano-nacido-carballo-nuevo-arzobispo-zaragoza/0003_202010C8C6993.htm |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=8 October 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He studied business at the University of Zaragoza,<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlos Manuel Escribano, obispo de Calahorra, se perfila como relevo del arzobispo de Zaragoza|trans-title=Carlos Manuel Escribano, bishop of Calahorra, puts himself forward as a replacement for the archbishop of Zaragoza |url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/2020/10/06/carlos-manuel-escribano-obispo-de-calahorra-se-perfila-como-relevo-del-arzobispo-de-zaragoza-1398632.html |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=Heraldo de Aragón |date=6 October 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref> and went on to work for local businesses.<ref name=rioja2>{{cite news |title=Monseñor Carlos Escribano toma posesión como obispo de Calahorra-La Calzada-Logroño|trans-title=Monsignor Carlos Escribano takes office as bishop of Calahorra-La Calzada-Logroño|url=https://www.eldiario.es/la-rioja/monsenor-carlos-escribano-toma-posesion-como-obispo-de-calahorra-la-calzada-logrono_1_11091324.html |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=elDiario.es |date=25 June 2016 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
Escribano went to seminary in Lleida, as Monzón was part of the Catalan city's dicocese until 1995.<ref name=rioja2/> He graduated with a degree in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1996, being ordained a priest on 14 July that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Papa nombra a Carlos Escribano arzobispo de Zaragoza|trans-title=Pope names Carlos Escribano archbishop of Zaragoza|url=https://www.eldiario.es/la-rioja/el-papa-nombra-a-carlos-escribano-arzobispo-de-zaragoza_1_11156375.html |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=elDiario.es |date=6 October 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
On 20 July 2010, Escribano was named Bishop of Teruel and Albarracín by Pope Benedict XVI.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Papa nombra a Carlos Escribano Subías obispo de Teruel Albarracín|trans-title=Pope names Carlos Escribano Subías bishop of Teruel Albarracín |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/sociedad/2010/07/20/papa-nombra-carlos-escribano-subias-obispo-teruel-albarracin/00031279621799080385717.htm |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=20 July 2010 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He was ordained a bishop on 26 September at Teruel Cathedral by cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rial |first1=S. G. |title=Carballo ya tiene obispo|trans-title=Carballo now has a bishop|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carballo/2010/09/28/carballo-obispo/0003_8751125.htm |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=28 September 2010 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
After Juan José Omella moved to become Archbishop of Barcelona, Escribano was named Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño on 13 May 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlos Escribano, nuevo obispo de la Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño |url=https://www.larioja.com/la-rioja/201605/13/carlos-escribano-nuevo-obispo-20160513121349.html|access-date=26 November 2025 |work=La Rioja |agency=Europa Press |date=13 May 2016 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He took office at Calahorra Cathedral on 25 June.<ref name=rioja2/>
On 6 October 2020, Escribano was named Archbishop of Zaragoza as Vicente Jiménez Zamora retired age 75.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlos Escribano será el nuevo arzobispo de Zaragoza|trans-title=Carlos Escribano will be the new archbishop |url=https://www.ondacero.es/emisoras/aragon/noticias/carlos-escribano-sera-nuevo-arzobispo-zaragoza_202010065f7c64d517958700017a8936.html |access-date=26 November 2025 |publisher=Onda Cero |date=6 October 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He took office on 21 November at the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, in a ceremony reduced by COVID-19 pandemic protocols.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carlos Escribano recuerda a las víctimas del Covid en su toma de posesión como arzobispo de Zaragoza|trans-title=Carlos Escribano remembers the victims of COVID in his taking of office as archbishop of Zaragoza|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/aragon/abci-carlos-escribano-recuerda-victimas-covid-toma-posesion-como-arzobispo-zaragoza-202011211440_noticia.html |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=ABC |date=21 November 2020 |language=Spanish}}</ref> On 29 June 2021, he was one of 36 new archbishops to be given their pallium by Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica.<ref>{{cite news |title=El arzobispo de Sevilla recibe el palio arzobispal en el Vaticano este martes durante una misa del papa Francisco|trans-title=Archbishop of Seville receives archbishop's pallium in the Vatican this Tuesday during a Mass by Pope Francis |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/agencias/el-arzobispo-de-sevilla-recibe-el-palio-arzobispal-en-el-vaticano-este-martes-durante-una-misa-del-nid28062021/ |access-date=26 November 2025 |work=La Nación (Argentina) |agency=Europa Press |date=28 June 2021 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bescsub.html Carlos Escribano] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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