H.E. Card. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot is a Combonian missionary. He took a degree in Arab studies and Islamic studies and has a doctorate in theology. He has been a parish priest in Cairo (Egypt), a professor of Islamic studies in various Catholic institutions of the Sudan, the director of the Catechetical Centre of the diocese of El-Obeid (the Sudan), and the director of studies at the Dar Comboni Centre in Cairo. Moreover, he has been the dean of the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) until 2012. From June 30, 2012 he is Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Interreligious Dialogue, appointed Presidente on May 2019. On January 29, 2016 he has been appointed Bishop of Luperciana. On October 5, 2019 he has been created Cardinal.
