ANDORRA
See also ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN ANDORRA

PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA
In 1133, the bishops of Urgel - since before 839 already religious heads of the six
Andorrian parishes (1) - also became their secular heads. 
In the course of the following century their authority was however contested by the
lords they had appointed to administer the region, the last of these being the Counts
of Foix.
In 1278 an agreement - the Paréage d'Andorre - was reached, Andorra being placed
under common administration.
The rights of the Counts of Foix were later transferred to the kings of Navarra and
in 1607 to the kings of France and their different successors as heads of state of
France

(1) The six traditional parishes of Andorra were : Andorra - Lorea, Canillo, 
    Encamp, Maçana, Ordino and Santa Coloma.
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HEADS OF STATE
Princes 

Both princes (2) were represented in Andorra by Viguiers (Vicars).
There were also permanent delegates entrusted with handling the daily affairs of
the principality. For France this were first the Prefects of the departement of
Ariège (1806 - 1882) and then those of the departement des Pyrénées-Orientales.

(2) Although the Bishops of Urgel titled themselves Princes this
    was not recognised by the French co-princes.

Bishops of Urgel

1828 - 1851   Simó Rojas de Guardiola i Hortoneda            1773 - 1851       
1853 - 1879   Josep Caixal i Estradé                         1803 - 1879
1879 - 1901   Cardinal (1895) Salvador Casañas i Pagés       1834 - 1908
1901          Ramon Riu i Cabanas                            1853 - 1901
1901 - 1902   vacant
1902 - 1906   Joan Josep Laguarda i Fonollera                1866 - 1913
1906 - 1919   JoanBaptista Benlloch i Vivo                   1864 - 1926
1919 - 1920   vacant
1920 - 1940   Justí Guitart i Vilardebó                      1875 - 1940
1940 - 1942   vacant
1942 - 1969   Ramon Iglésias Navarri                         1889 - 1972

              Viguiers

              1845 - 1858   Bonaventura Riba
              1858 - 18..   Guillem Torres
              18.. - 18..   Manuel Amalot
              1868 - 1881   Pere Dalleres
              1881          Pere Canturri
              1881 - 1882   Josep Oriol Dodero
              1882 - 1885   Francesc Pallerola
              1885 - 1886   Antoni Cerqueda Moles
              1886 - 1915   Francesc Pallerola (2x)
              1915 - 1933   Joseph de Riba
              1933 - 1934   Enric de Llorens
              1934 - 1936   Jaume Sansa
              1936 - 1937   Francesc Cairat*
              1937 - 1972   Jaume Sansa (2x)
              
              Permanent delegates (since 1882)

              1882 - 1901   Lino Freixa i Ortega, secretary 
                            of the Bishop
              1902 - 1907   Francesc Munoz Izquierdo, secretary
                            of the Bishop
              1907 - 1920   Jaume Viladrich i Gaspa, vicar
                            general
              1920 - 1930   Pere Planes i Gresa, vicar general
              1930 - 1948   Ricard Fomesa i Puigdemasa, vicar
                            general

French Princes

1806 -        see Heads of State of France

              Viguiers 
              
              1835 - 18..   Lucien de Saint André            1797 -        
              1867 - 1880   Henri, Vicomte de Foix
              1880 - 1882   Tibul Ladeveze
              1882          ... Mancini
              1882          Tibul Ladeveze (2x)
              1882 - 1886   Bonaventure Vigo
              1886 - 1887   Jacques Manuel Varenne
              1887 - 1933   Charles Romeu
              1933 - 1937   ... Lamaleris 
              1937 - 1940   Jean Baptiste Laumond
              1940 - 1944   Emilien Lasmartes
              1944 - 1945   Robert Baran

              Permanent delegates

              Prefects of Ariège

              1847 - 1848   Tiburce Maximilien Sébastien, 
                            Vicomte Foy                      1816 - 1870
              1848          Antoine Jean-Baptiste François
                            Janot* (General Commissioner)
              1848          Clément Etremore Barthélemy 
                            Hippolyte Sophie Aimé Anglade*
                            (President of the Departmental
                            Commission, afterwards 
                            Governmental Commissioner)       1800 - 1881 
              1848          Victor Appolinaire Ferdinand
                            Pilhes* (Governmental Comm.)     1817 - 1882
              1848          Théophile Sylvestre* (Asssistant
                            Governmental Commissioner)
              1848          Léon Hocdé                       1807 - 1865
              1848 - 1849   Jean Augute Baugue               1811 - 1870
              1849          Eugène Dominique de Béro         1806 - 1849
              1849 - 1851   Pierre Marie Pietri              1809 - 1864
              1851          Anatole Henri Pierre de Ségur    1823 - 1902
              1851 - 1853   Edmond Louis Paul Didier         1825 -
              1853 - 1855   Joseph Marie Pietri              1820 - 1902
              1855 - 1860   Georges Castaing                 1813 - 1882
              1860 - 1864   Joseph Marie Eugène Amelin       1811 - 1872
              1864 - 1865   Louis Marie Alfred Dubois de
                            Jancigny                         1824 - 1898
              1865 - 1868   Jacques Jean Marie de La
                            Rousselière Clouard              1803 - 1890
              1868 - 1870   Armand Jean-Marie Pihoret        1827 - 1902  
              1870 - 1871   Clément Etremore Barthélemy 
                            Hippolyte Sophie Aimé Anglade    s.a.   
              1871          Jean-Baptiste Eugène Dauzon      1824 - 1918
              1871          ... Saubot-Damborgez
              1871 - 1873   Michel Antoine Burin "Burin 
                            du Buisson"                      1816 -
              1873          André Joseph Brunel              1831 -
              1873 - 1875   Marie François Sauvage           1840 -
              1875 - 1876   Félix Fernand de Biancour,
                            Baron du Saint-Empire            1836 - 1891 
              1876          Adolphe Frédéric Loreville
                            de Lestaubiere                   1825 -
              1876 - 1877   Jules Paul Edouard Mahias        1836 - 1881
              1877          ... Diphenieux
              1877          Henri Louis Falret de Tuite      1827 -  
              1877          Jean Louis Aimé Lasserre         1831 -
              1877 - 1879   Paul Adrien, Baron d' Artigues   1841 - 1892
              1879          Charles Henri Monod              1843 - 1911
              1879 - 1880   Léon Jean Louis Camille Parisot  1836 - 1934
              1880 - 1881   Jean Antoine Ernest Girard       1932 -
              1881 - 1882   Alexandre Piere François Vimont  1822 - 1905 
              1882          Henri Martial Auguste Paul
                            (continued as prefect of Ariège
                            till 1885)                       1838 - 1905

              Prefects of the Pyrénées Orientales

              1882 - 1883   Eugène Joseph Marie Doucin       1844 -
              1883 - 1885   Edouard Vincent Maria Jules
                            Deffes                           1845 -
              1885          Etiènne Antoine Joucla 
                            "Joucla-Pelous Bonnet"           1850 - 1909   
              1885 - 1886   François Fréderic Mordon         1829 -
              1886 - 1889   Jacques Marie Georges Lafargue   1848 - 1906
              1889 - 1895   Jules Adrien Jean Bonhoure       1860 -
              1895 - 1897   Léon Hippolyte François 
                            Ardisson                         1848 -
              1897 - 1902   François Marie Edmond Robert     1849 - 1907 
              1902 - 1904   ... Deliniere-Fradin
              1904 - 1906   Jean Théodore Fleury             1843 - 1915
              1906 - 1907   David Lucien Hneri Dautresme     1860 -
              1907 - 1909   Pierre Alfred Emile Landrodié    1858 - 
              1909          Francis Hersent                  1860 - 1910
              1909 - 1911   Edmond Duponteil                 1863 - 1923
              1911          Charles Gabriel Henri Marais     1855 -
              1911          Jules Pierre Antoine Guillemaut  1871 - 1936
              1911          Albert Lambert-Rocher            1863 -
              1911 - 1912   Pierre Marie Philippe Chocame    1868 - 1953
              1912 - 1916   Pierre Emery                     1870 - 
              1916          ... Poncet
              1916 - 1919   Pierre Etienne Tavera            1860 - 1928
              1919 - 1920   Jean Raymond Gustave Barthélemy
                            Lambry                           1873 - 1952
              1920 - 1921   Léon Denis Lucien Tainturier     1873 - 1966
              1921 - 1922   Georges Jean-Baptiste Alexis
                            Remyon                           1874 - 1963
              1922 - 1927   Fernand Carles                   1886 - 1945
              1927 - 1929   Marcel Bodenan                   1881 - 1957
              1929 - 1932   Fernand Léonard Alexandre Leroy  1882 - 1969
              1932 - 1936   François Marie Ida Taviani       1889 - 1970
              1936 - 1940   Albin Emile Raoul Didkowski      1892 -
              1940          Fernand Jérôme Musso             1895 - 1989
              1940 - 1942   Raymond Félix Hubert de Belot    1889 - 1978
              1942 - 1943   Charles Louis Honoré Daupeyroux  1890 -
              1943          Jacques Louis Georges Marie 
                            Henry "Jacques-Henry"            1895 -
              1943 - 1944   Paul Louis Emmanuel Balley       1889 -
              1944 - 1946   Jean Latscha                     1906 -
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HEADS OF TRADITIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Syndics

First Syndics

1847 - 1858   Bonaventua Riba*                               s.a.
1858 - 1861   Gil Areny
1861 - 1865   Francesc Duran
1865 - 1866   Joaquim de Riba
1866 - 1668   Guillem Areny de Plandolit
1868 - 1875   Nicolau Duedra
1875 - 1878   Guillem Mora
1878 - 1880   Bonaventura Moles
1880 - 1881   Joan Pla Calvo
1881          Josep Palmitjavila
1881 - 1883   Francesc Duran (2x)
1884 - 1885   Josep Palmitjavila (2x)
1886          Francesc Duran (3x)
1886 - 1888   Francesc Maestre
1888 - 1897   Antoni Moles, together with 
1893 - 1898   Bonaventura Maestre
1899 - 1901   Josep Calva
1902 - 1905   Bonaventura Maestre (2x)
1906 - 1911   Pere Moles
1911 - 1912   Bonavantura Maestre (3x)
1912 - 1915   Bonaventura Moles
1915 - 1917   Pere Font
1918 - 1920   Josep Vilanova
1920          Josep Grepa*
1920 - 1923   Bonaventura Villarubia
1924 - 1927   Pere Font (2x)
1928 - 1933   Roc Pallares
1933          none (3)    
1933 - 1936   Pere Torres
1936 - 1937   Francesc Molné
1937 - 1960   Francesc Cairat Freixes

Subsyndics (since 1880)

1880 - 1881   Pere Baro Mas
1881          Francesc Duran                                 s.a. 
1881          Josep Palmitjavila                             s.a. 
1881          Pere Baro Mas (2x)
1881 - 1883   Josep Palmitjavila (2x)
1883          Antoni Palmitjavila
1884 - 1886   Antoni Fiter
1886 - 1888   Antoni Armengol
1888 - 1898   Anton Cabanes Solsona
1899 - 1903   Bonaventura Calvo
1903 - 1905   Pere Font                                      s.a.
1906 - 1911   Guillem Areny
1911 - 1915   Joan Puigcernal
1915 - 1918   Bonaventura Coma
1918 - 1920   Josep Grepa                                    s.a.
1920 - 1924   Anton Font
1924 - 1928   Francesc Cairat Freixes                        s.a.
1928 - 1933   Agusti Coma Riba
1933          none (3)    
1933 - 1936   Francesc Molné                                 s.a.
1936 - 1952   Pere Rossell

(3) In 1933 important social and political unrest led to a brief French
    ocupation, the dismissal of the syndics and the taking over of government 
    by the viguiers.
    Linked to these events was the proclamation of the Kingdom of Andorra
    by the Dutch (?) adventurer Boris, Graaf van Oranje en Baron van Skossyref
    (King Boris I).
    This kingdom lasted only a few days, Boris I being arrested after he had
    declared war on the bishop of Urgel.


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