Nostra Aetate - In Our Time

91 NOSTRA AETATE – CREAT ING A CULTURE OF INCLUSION Nostra Aetate – creating a culture of inclusion His Excellency, Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, mccj His Excellency Bishop Miguel Ayuso is Titular Bishop of Luperciana, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Bishop Ayuso has always been active in interreligious dialogue, teaching in both Cairo and Rome as well as writing several important publications on issues related to Christian-Muslim dialogue. As a priest he worked in the local Church in Egypt and Sudan from 1982 to 2002. He served as President during his service at the Pontif- ical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI). He also taught courses in interreligious dialogue and par- ticipated in meetings and conferences on interreligious relations in various countries in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. In addition to his native Spanish, Bishop Ayuso speaks Arabic, English, French and Italian. Career summary v Member of the Comboni Missionaries v 1980: Ordination as priest v 1982–2002: Served as parish priest in Sacred Heart Parish in Abbassiyya/Cairo as well as Director of the Pastoral, Liturgical and Catechetical Centre of El Obeid Diocese/Sudan v 2000: Awarded PhD in Theology by the Faculty of Theology of Granada, Spain v 2005–2012: President of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) v 2012–present: Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue v 2016: Ordained Bishop, Titular See of Luperciana, by Pope Francis. Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, mccj, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue