Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Mosese Vitolio Tui | |
Honorific-Suffix: | SDB |
Archbishop of Samoa-Apia | |
Archdiocese: | Samoa-Apia |
Appointed: | June 12, 2024 |
Enthroned: | August 22, 2024 |
Predecessor: | Alapati Lui Mataeliga |
Ordination: | December 3, 1994 |
Consecration: | August 22, 2024 |
Consecrated By: | Peter Brown, Kolio Etuale, and Stephen Lowe |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1961 |
Motto: | Vivi'i Lo'u Loto I Le Ali'i (My Heart Praises the Lord) |
Mosese Vitolio Tui | |
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Mosese Vitolio Tui (born November 9, 1961) is a Samoan priest of the Catholic Church who serves as archbishop for the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia.
Tui was born on November 9, 1961, in Apia, Samoa. In 1986, he entered the Salesian novitiate in Lysterfield, Australia, and made his first religious vows in 1987. He professed his solemn vows on December 8, 1992. On December 3, 1994, Tui was ordained to the priesthood in Alafua, Samoa, becoming the first Salesian Samoan.
Pope Francis appointed Tui archbishop for the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia on June 12, 2024.[1] [2] [3] On August 22, 2024, Tui was consecrated as a bishop.