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Tradition claims that St. Paul the Apostle established the diocese of Malta in the year 60 A.D when he ordained the Roman governor, Saint Publius, as the first bishop of Malta and saint. The Diocese of Malta was made a suffragan diocese to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo [ 3 ] by a Papal Bull of Pope Adrian IV on 10 July 1156 and ...
Saint Publius (ca. 33–112 A.D.), first Bishop of Malta (Malta - Athens, Greece) Canonized: Pre-Congregation; Saint Ġorġ Preca (1880–1962), Priest of the Archdiocese of Malta; Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine; Member of the Third Order Carmelites (Valletta – Santa Venera, Malta) Declared "Venerable": June 28, 1999
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malta (1 C, 6 P) A. Archbishops of Malta (12 P)
Saint Publius (Maltese: San Publju; Ancient Greek: Πούπλιος) was a 1st century Christian bishop and saint. He is considered the first Bishop of Malta and one of the first Bishops of Athens. Publius is Malta's first canonised saint, who is described in the Book of Acts as the 'chief' or prince of the island (Maltese: il-prinċep tal-gżira).
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Baldassare Cagliares was born in Valletta in around 1575; this year is approximate and the exact day and month are not known. [1] His father was of Spanish descent and his mother was a Maltese from Rabat, Gozo. Cagliares was appointed as Bishop of Malta by Pope Paul V in 1615, when he was 40 years old. Cagliares was a person who loved art and ...
Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata (21 February 1823 - 31 December 1876) was a Maltese bishop who became the second Bishop of Gozo in 1868. Grech Delicata Testaferrata was born in Valletta Malta on February 21, 1823, and was baptized in the Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck in Valletta .
Charles Jude Scicluna (born 15 May 1959) is a Canadian-Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Malta since 2015. Both as a curial official and since becoming a bishop, he has conducted investigations into sexual abuse by clergy on behalf of the Holy See and led a board that reviews such cases.