José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez (3 August 1975 – 1 October 2025) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.
Biography Álvarez Sánchez was born in Madrid on 3 August 1975. In 1998, after studying at the San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University, he obtained a bachelor's degree in theology. Later, he obtained a master's degree in vocational discernment and spiritual accompaniment from the San Ignacio Spirituality Center of the Comillas Pontifical University (2008–2011), where he also studied a degree in spirituality.
He was ordained a deacon on 28 November 1999, and a priest on 18 July 2000, incardinated in the archdiocese of Madrid.
On 23 April 2024, Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Madrid, together with . He also appointed him titular bishop of Berja. He was consecrated on 6 July of the same year, in the Cathedral of the Almudena; at the hands of Cardinal-Archbishop José Cobo Cano.
In August 2024, he was appointed vice-grand chancellor of the San Damaso Ecclesiastical University. In February 2025, he was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese.
In the Spanish Episcopal Conference he was a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity, Family and Life (2024–2025).
Álvarez Sánchez died on 1 October 2025, at the age of 50, from a heart attack.
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External links Bishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez † at Catholic Hierarchy