# Manuel Nin

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**Manuel Nin i Güell** (born 20 August 1956) is a [Spanish Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Spain) prelate who has served as [Apostolic Exarch of Greece](/source/Greek_Catholic_Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Greece) in the [Greek Byzantine Catholic Church](/source/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church) since 2016.[1] He is a member of the [Benedictines](/source/Benedictines).

## Life

Nin was born on August 20, 1956, in the town of [El Vendrell](/source/El_Vendrell) in the [Catalan](/source/Catalonia) [province of Tarragona](/source/Province_of_Tarragona) in [Spain](/source/Francoist_Spain). He began his early studies in his hometown and completed them at the Colegio La Salle in [Reus](/source/Reus). After completing his studies, he entered the [Abbey of Montserrat](/source/Abbey_of_Montserrat) as a candidate on 20 September 1975, where he was received into the abbey's [novitiate](/source/Novitiate) the following April. He professed temporary [religious vows](/source/Religious_vows) on 26 April 1977 and his [solemn vows](/source/Solemn_vows) on 18 October 1980. He then began his studies toward his [Baccalaureate](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in theology at the abbey's Theological School of Montserrat, during which time his concentration was on the [classical languages](/source/Classical_language) of Latin, Greek and [Syriac](/source/Syriac_language).[2]

After completing those studies, in 1984 Nin was sent to study in Rome, where he pursued a [licentiate](/source/Licentiate_(degree)) in [patristics](/source/Patristics) at the [Patristic Institute Augustinianum](/source/Patristic_Institute_Augustinianum), with additional coursework at the [Pontifical Oriental Institute](/source/Pontifical_Oriental_Institute) and the Benedictine-run [Pontifical Liturgical Institute](/source/Pontifical_Liturgical_Institute), at the same time continuing his monastic formation at the [Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm](/source/Pontifical_Atheneum_of_St._Anselm), an international center of studies for the Benedictine Order. He completed his coursework in 1987 and returned to his monastic community, where he was assigned to teach theology, patristics and an introduction to the [Eastern Christian](/source/Eastern_Christian) [liturgy](/source/Liturgy) at his alma mater.[2]

Nin returned to Rome in 1989 to work on his [doctoral thesis](/source/Doctoral_thesis). He completed his study of a Greek spiritual writer of the 5th or 6th century, titled *John the Solitary: The Five Discourses on the [Beatitudes](/source/Beatitudes)*, in late 1991 and successfully defended it the following January. He then stayed in Rome, teaching at the various institutes connected to his field of studies.[2]

In 1994, Nin was named a consultor to the [Congregation for the Eastern Churches](/source/Congregation_for_the_Eastern_Churches), which supervises the interactions of these [particular Churches](/source/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites) with the Holy See. In January 1996, while still a [religious brother](/source/Brother_(Catholic)), he was appointed to the staff of the [Pontifical Greek College of Saint Athanasius](/source/Pontifical_Greek_College_of_Saint_Athanasius) as a [spiritual director](/source/Spiritual_director) for the school, where he then took up residence. Around this time, he decided to seek [Holy Orders](/source/Holy_Orders) and was ordained a [deacon](/source/Deacon) in Rome on 22 November 1997. He was ordained to the [priesthood](/source/Catholic_priesthood) on 18 April of the following year, by [Cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)) [Lluís Martínez Sistach](/source/Llu%C3%ADs_Mart%C3%ADnez_Sistach), the [Archbishop of Tarragona](/source/Archbishop_of_Tarragona).[3] He was honored with the rank of [archimandrite](/source/Archimandrite) by the [Melkite](/source/Melkite) [archbishop](/source/Archbishop), [Boutros Mouallem](/source/Boutros_Mouallem), S.M.S.P., the following year.[2]

On 2 February 2016, Nin was appointed as [Apostolic Exarch of Greece](/source/Greek_Catholic_Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Greece) by [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis), at the same time, being named the [Titular Bishop of Carcabia](/source/Carcabia).

## References

1. "Other Pontifical Acts". *Vatican Information Service*. 2 February 2016.

1. ["El P. Manuel Nin, monje de Montserrat, nombrado obispo por el papa Francisco"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160317124035/http://www.abadiamontserrat.net/(S(1qi3jaa35mmxyznnvvtrybwp))/App_Themes/White/Documents/Noticies/castella/manuelninexarca.pdf). *Abbey of Montserrat*. Archived from [the original](http://www.abadiamontserrat.net/%28S%281qi3jaa35mmxyznnvvtrybwp%29%29/App_Themes/White/Documents/Noticies/castella/manuelninexarca.pdf) on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-02-19.(in Spanish)

1. ["Father Manuel Nin, O.S.B."](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bninm.html). *Catholic Hierarchy*

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