Alapati Lui Mataeliga (4 January 1953 – 25 April 2023) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Samoa-Apia and Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui...

Catholics account for around 20% of the overall population. Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga was ordained as head of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia in 2003. According...

O'Connor (1992–2011) Rev. Oliver Pugoy Aro, MSP (2011–2015) Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga (2015–2023) Nukunonu Church McLean, Mervyn (1999). Weavers of Song:...

suffragan to the metropolitan see of Apia. On 24 April 2023, Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga was airlifted to Auckland Hospital, in New Zealand and died in the...

April 2022) Samoa (7 December 2007, 3 December 2017 – Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga) On 25 March 2020, the Feast of the Annunciation, in Fatima, Cardinal...

Current leadership Pope Francis Bishop Kolio Etuale Metropolitan Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga Bishops emeritus John Quinn Weitzel Peter Brown Map...

politician, minister of culture (1986–1988) and defence (1993–1995). Alapati Lui Mataeliga, 70, Samoan Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Samoa-Apia (since...

consecration Principal consecrator Soane Lilo Foliaki, SM Co-consecrators Alapati Lui Mataeliga Petero Mataca Date 4 October 2007 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis...

of the Samoa Council of Churches, who attended a pre-screening. Alapati Lui Mataeliga, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Apia, said that The Da Vinci Code...

opposition MPs to be sworn into parliament, Catholic Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga performed an ifoga outside the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in...

Atcherley Dew) Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia (7 December 2007, Abp. Alapati Lui Mataeliga) All the 89 Filipino dioceses (4 May 2018, Card. Romulo Valles together...

Samoa-Apia Appointed June 12, 2024 Installed August 22, 2024 Predecessor Alapati Lui Mataeliga Orders Ordination December 3, 1994 Consecration August 22, 2024...

November 16, 2002 Predecessor George Hamilton Pearce Successor Alapati Lui Mataeliga Orders Ordination December 8, 1954 Consecration May 29, 1968 Created...

by John Quinn Weitzel Consecration November 4, 2022 by Peter Brown, Alapati Lui Mataeliga, and Novatus Rugambwa Personal details Born Kolio Etuale (1973-03-17)...

Ritchie, psychologist (University of Waikato) (born 1936). 25 April – Alapati Lui Mataeliga, Samoan Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Samoa-Apia (since...