# Alapati Lui Mataeliga

> Alapati Lui Mataeliga was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Samoa-Apia and Ecclesiastical Superior of the Mission sui iuris of Tokelau. He was born in Sataua on the island of Savai'i. He was ordained for the presbyterate of the Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau on 5 July 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 16 November 2002. He was consecrated to the episcopate and installed as ordinary by Archbishop Patrick Coveney, Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, on 3 January 2003.

*Samoan Roman Catholic bishop (1953–2023)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1953-01-04
- **Died:** 2023-04-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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