Alapati Lui Mataeliga
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Alapati Lui Mataeliga was born in Sataua, Samoa on January 4, 1953. He was ordained for the presbyterate of the Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau on July 5, 1977. Upon the retirement of Cardinal Pio Taofinu'u, Father Mataeliga was appointed by the Holy See
as the second Archbishop
of Samoa-Apia
on November 16, 2002. He was consecrated to the episcopate and installed as ordinary by Archbishop Patrick Coveney
, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, on January 3, 2003.
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
as the second Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Samoa-Apia
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia consists of the Independent State of Samoa. The origins of the archdiocese stem from the August 20, 1850, canonical erection by the Holy See of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago, entrusted to the Society of Mary...
on November 16, 2002. He was consecrated to the episcopate and installed as ordinary by Archbishop Patrick Coveney
Patrick Coveney
Patrick Coveney is a Roman Catholic Archbishop. He is the Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece.Coveney was born in Tracton, County Cork, Ireland, and was ordained, aged twenty-four, as a priest on 21 February 1959 by Cardinal Luigi Traglia...
, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, on January 3, 2003.