Arrigo Miglio (born 18 July 1942) is an

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prelate of the

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who was

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from 1999 to 2012 and Bishop of Iglesias from 1992 to 1999.

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made Miglio a

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on 27 August 2022.

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Miglio was born in

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, and was

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on 23 September 1967. He was named Bishop of Iglesias on 25 March 1992, and was consecrated by Luigi Bettazzi on the following 25 April. On 20 February 1999 Miglio was named

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. He is president of the scientific committee and organizer of the ''Social Weeks of Catholic Italians'' as well as member of the Episcopal Commission of the

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for social issues, labour, justice and peace. On 25 February 2012 he was named

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, and received the metropolitan bishop's pallium on 29 June of the same year. Miglio has been president of the Sardinian Episcopal Conference since 3 September 2012. On 22 September 2013 he welcomed

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and accompanied him to all his public appointments. On 16 November 2019, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop and named

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to succeed him. On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him

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