Nin was born on August 20, 1956, in the town of El Vendrell in the Catalanprovince of Tarragona (Spain). He began his early studies in his hometown and completed them at the Colegio La Salle in Reus. After completing his studies, he entered the Abbey of Montserrat as a candidate on 20 September 1975, where he was received into the abbey's novitiate the following April. He professed temporary religious vows on 26 April 1977 and his solemn vows on 18 October 1980. He then began his studies toward his Baccalaureate in theology at the abbey's Theological School of Montserrat, during which time his concentration was on the classical languages of Latin, Greek and Syriac.[2]
Nin returned to Rome in 1989 to work on his 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, 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]
On 2 February 2016, Nin was appointed as the Apostolic Exarch to the Greek Catholic Church by Pope Francis, at the same time, being named the Titular Bishop of Carcabia.
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