Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[]

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, , 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[]

  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.
Retrieved from ""