The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti : Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta )[ 1] metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Malta .[ 2]
History
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] Papal Bull of Pope Adrian IV on 10 July 1156 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III on 26 April 1160. The former Diocese of Malta, which is one of the oldest dioceses in the world, was elevated to archdiocese on January 1, 1944. The Diocese of Malta included the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino . On September 22, 1864, the diocese lost the territories of Gozo and Comino when Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Gozo which became a suffragan diocese to Malta.
The Catholic Caritas Malta , one of the best-known civil-society organisations in the country, was founded in 1968 at the initiative of Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi and Bishop Nikol Cauchi .[ 4]
Cathedrals
There are two cathedrals in the diocese: The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul , in Mdina , and the Co-Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist , located in Valletta .
Important dates
Flag
The flag is a bicolour consisting of yellow on left and white on the right. It is a 2:3 ratio; the same as the Maltese flag.
Suffragan
Bishops of Malta
The following were[ 5]
Name
from
to
Bishops and Titular Archbishops[ 6] [ 7]
Bishop Saint Publius
60
90
Bishop Quadratus
91
100
Bishop Danuolus
100
125
Bishop Elladius
125
132
Bishop Gallicanus
132
166
Bishop Orouzio
166
177
Bishop Antidius
177
182
Bishop Giulianus
182
194
Bishop Adalbert
194
200
Bishop Petrus
200
205
Bishop Fiorenzo
205
221
Bishop Zoilo
221
260
Bishop Servetus Villeneuve
260
317
Bishop Filetus
317
339
Bishop Severus
370
379
Bishop Otrejo
379
383
Bishop Letnio
383
400
Bishop Valerius
400
408
Bishop Silvanu
408
?
Bishop Acacius
451
?
Bishop Restituoto
460
?
Bishop Kostantinu
501
?
Bishop Manas
536
?
Bishop Julianus
553
?
Bishop Luċillu
577
599
Bishop Trajanu
599
?
Bishop Giovanni
680
682
Bishop Annetto
700
707
Bishop Adriano
707
?
Bishop Pelladio
722
?
Bishop Vigiliju
740
748
Bishop Giorgius
748
?
Bishop Leone
770
?
Bishop Pawlu
868
?
Bishop Damiano
892
?
Bishop Gualtieri
1089
1095
Bishop Brialdo
1095
1098
Bishop Ġwanni
1098
?
Bishop Rinaldus
1123
?
Bishop Stiefnu
1140
1168
Bishop Johannes I
1168
?
Bishop Ruggerius of Cefalù
1200
?
Bishop Domenicus
1250
1259
Bishop Jacobus of Mileto
1259
?
Bishop Magister Marinus
1267
1268
Bishop Johannes Normandus
1268
1268
Bishop Jacobus of Malta
1272
1297
Bishop Nicolaus
1304
1330
Bishop Alduinus
1330
1334
Bishop Henericus of Cefalù
1334
1341
Bishop Nicolas Bonet
1342
1343
Bishop Ogerius
1343
1346
Bishop Jocobus O.P.
1346
1356
Bishop Hilarius Conradus
1356
1370
Bishop Nicola Papalla
1373
1373
Bishop Antonius de Vulponno
1375
1392
Bishop Niccolo' Papalla
1392
1393
Bishop Maurus Cali
1393
1397
Bishop Andreas de Pace
1397
1408
Bishop Corrado Caracciolo
1408
1408
Bishop Michele de Letras
1408
1410
Bishop Giovanni Ximenes
1410
1412
Bishop Antonius Platamone
1412
1420
Bishop Mauro de Cali
1420
1432
Bishop Senatore Di Noto
1432
1445
Bishop Jocobus Vassallo
1445
1447
Bishop Giacomo Paternò
1447
1447
Bishop Antonio de Alagona
1447
1448
Bishop Riccardo
1448
?
Bishop Francesco Campolo
1460
?
Bishop Antonio de Alagona
1478
1478
Bishop Giovanni Paternò
1479
1489
Cardinal Pierre de Foix, le jeune (Administrator)
1489
1490
Bishop Paolo Della Cavalleria
1491
1495
Bishop Giacomo Valguarneri
1495
1501
Bishop Antonio Corseto
1501
1503
Cardinal Juan de Castro (Administrator)
1506
1506
Cardinal Bandinello Sauli
1506
1509
Bishop Bernardino da Bononia
1509
1512
Bishop Juan Pujades
1512
1512
Archbishop Juan de Sepúlveda
1514
1515
Bishop Bernardino Catagnano
1516
1516
Cardinal Raffaele Riario (Administrator)
1516
1520
Bishop Bonifacio Catagnano
1520
1523
Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci
1523
1530
Bishop Balthasar Waltkirk
1530
1530
Bishop Tommaso Bosio
1538
1539
Bishop Domenico Cubelles
1541
1566
Bishop Martín Royas de Portalrubio
1572
1577
Bishop Tomás Gargallo
1578
1614
Bishop Baldassare Cagliares
1615
1633
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa
1635
1663
Archbishop Lucas Buenos
1666
1668
Bishop Lorenzo D'Astiria
1670
1677
Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina
1678
1682
Bishop Davide Cocco Palmieri
1684
1711
Bishop Joaquín Canaves
1713
1721
Bishop Gaspare Gori-Mancini
1722
1727
Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan
1728
1757
Bishop Bartolomé Rull
1757
1769
Archbishop Giovanni Carmine Pellerano
1770
1780
Archbishop Vincenzo Labini
1780
1807
Bishop Ferdinando Mattei
1807
1829
Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana [ 2]
1831
1847
Archbishop Publio Maria Sant [ 2]
1847
1857
Archbishop Gaetano Pace Forno [ 2]
1857
1874
Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna [ 2]
1875
1888
Archbishop Pietro Pace [ 2]
1889
1914
Archbishop Mauro Caruana [ 2]
1915
1943
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi [ 2]
1943
1944
Metropolitan Archbishops
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi [ 2]
1944
1976
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca [ 2]
1976
2006
Archbishop Paul Cremona [ 8]
2006
2014
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna [ 9]
2015
Present
Auxiliary Bishops of Malta
See also
Further reading
Outline of Maltese History 1971 AC. Aquilina & Co; Appendix III.
References
External links
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