Elias Yanes Álvarez was born on February 16, 1928, and died on March 9, 2018.

was a Roman Catholic bishop.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1952.

Yanes Álvarez served as titular bishop of Mulli and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oviedo, Spain from 1970 to 1977.

Then, he served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza from 1977 until 2005.

Yanes Álvarez died at 90 years.