 At some point he joined the "cofradía" (confraternity) of San Pedro de la Portella.Raymond Berenguer III named him bishop of Barcelona in 1116, and he was consecrated by Cardinal Boso of Sant'Anastasia in the cathedral of Maguelone in Provence during the pontificate of Paschal II.In 1117 he went to Rome to pay homage to Pope Gelasius II.