Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz Explained

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, 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archbishop Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. 2021-05-17. www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
2. Web site: Vatican - Mons. Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, SDB, first Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire. 2021-05-17. www.infoans.org. it-it.
3. Web site: 2020-06-04. TWO DIOCESES IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE ELEVATED, AUXILIARY BISHOP IN NIGERIA APPOINTED - Judah Magazine. 2021-05-17. en-GB.