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Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz

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Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz (born 9 May 1948 in Pamplona, Spain) is a Spanish prelate and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo.

Life

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Arroniz joined the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was ordained a priest on 5 May 1976.[1]

He was appointed Bishop of Pointe-Noire on 22 February 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI and ordained on 28 April 2013 by the Bishop of Bayeux, Pierre Pican, assisted by the Bishop of Kinkala, Louis Portella, and Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawlowski.

He became the first Archbishop of Pointe-Noire on 30 May 2020, when Pointe-Noire was elevated to an archdiocese.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Archbishop Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  2. ^ "Vatican - Mons. Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, SDB, first Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire". www.infoans.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  3. ^ "TWO DIOCESES IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE ELEVATED, AUXILIARY BISHOP IN NIGERIA APPOINTED - Judah Magazine". 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-05-17.