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- ↑ "Vatican - Mons. Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, SDB, first Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire". www.infoans.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ↑ "TWO DIOCESES IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE ELEVATED, AUXILIARY BISHOP IN NIGERIA APPOINTED - Judah Magazine". 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-05-17.