Alapati Lui Mataeliga

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Alapati Lui Mataeliga
Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
Archdiocese	Samoa-Apia
Appointed	November 16, 2002
Installed	January 3, 2003
Predecessor	Pio Taofinu'u
Orders
Ordination	July 5, 1977 by Pio Taofinu'u
Consecration	January 3, 2003 by Patrick Coveney, Petero Mataca, and Soane Lilo Foliaki
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-04) January 4, 1953 Sataua, Samoa
Parents	Lauiliu Utu Vaoliko Mata'eliga (mother) and Vaoliko Sui Panitaleo Mata'eliga (father)

Styles of Alapati Lui Mataeliga
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

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.

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia Official Site
• Catholic Hierarchy Biography of Archbishop Mataeliga