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- ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 12.06.2024" . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ↑ "OCEANIA/SAMOA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Samoa-Apia (Samoa)" . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ↑ "Vatican – Samoan Salesian Fr Mosese Vitolio Tui appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa-Apia" . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
