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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

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{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Archdiocese

| name = Malta

| latin = Archidioecesis Melitensis
Archidioecesis Melevitanus

| local = Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta

| image = Malta Mdina BW 2011-10-05 13-01-34.JPG

| image_size = 230px

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| caption = St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

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| country = {{flag|Malta}}

| territory = Island of Malta

| province = Malta

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| headquarters =

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| area_km2 = 246

| area_sqmi = 95

| area_footnotes =

| population = 454,600

| population_as_of = 2023

| catholics = 382,900

| catholics_percent = 84.2

| parishes = 70

| churches = 460

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| schools =

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| denomination = Catholic

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

| established = 60 AD
(As Diocese of Malta)
1 January 1944
(As Archdiocese of Malta)

| cathedral = St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina

| cocathedral = St John's Co-Cathedral

| patron = Saint Paul
Saint Publius
Saint Agatha

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| pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

| bishop =

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| metro_archbishop = Charles J. Scicluna

| coadjutor =

| suffragans = Diocese of Gozo

| auxiliary_bishops = Joseph Galea-Curmi

| apostolic_admin =

| vicar_general = Joseph Galea-Curmi

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| map = Malta-Malta.svg

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| map_caption = The Archdiocese of Malta in dark green

| website = {{Official website|http://www.maltadiocese.org/|maltadiocese.org}}

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The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta){{cite web|title=Archdiocese of Malta |access-date=6 December 2018 |url=http://thechurchinmalta.org/mt/}} is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Malta.{{cite book|last1=Morana|first1=Martin|title=Bejn Kliem u Storja|date=2011|publisher=Books Distributors Limited|location=Malta|isbn=978-99957-0137-6|url=https://sites.google.com/site/kliemustorja/home/titlu/introduzzjoni/dwar-l-awtur/a/b/c/c/d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005162338/https://sites.google.com/site/kliemustorja/home/titlu/introduzzjoni/dwar-l-awtur/a/b/c/c/d|archive-date=5 October 2016|language=mt}}

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20190606105126/http://maltahistory.eu5.net/mh/19586.html Malta History] by a 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-11-12/local-news/Caritas-Celebrating-50-years-on-the-side-of-people-in-need-6736199205 |title=Caritas: Celebrating 50 years on the side of people in need |date=12 November 2018 |website=The Malta Independent |access-date=8 August 2024}}

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

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|+ The following were
bishops or archbishops of Malta{{cite web|url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/56185/1/Isqfijiet%20ta%27%20Malta.pdf|title=Isqfijiet ta' Malta|website=edu.mt

|access-date=27 September 2023}}

!bgcolor="violet"|Name

!bgcolor="violet"|from

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colspan="3" align="center"|Bishops and Titular Archbishops{{cite book|last=Castagna|first=P. P.|date=1865|title=Malta bil chzejer tehne u li ghadda min ghaliha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCdhDp3oDUoC&pg=PA39|volume=2|publisher=Malta: s.n.|pages=39–40|language=mt}}{{cite journal|journal=Melita Historica|first=P. Bonaventura|last=Fiorini|date=1955|title=Il Comm. Abela E La Cronologia Episcopale Di Malta|url=http://maltahistory.eu5.net/ab/abela11.html|pages=82–99}}
Bishop Saint Publius

|align="right"|60

|align="right"|90

Bishop Quadratus

|align="right"|91

|align="right"|100

Bishop Danuolus

|align="right"|100

|align="right"|125

Bishop Elladius

|align="right"|125

|align="right"|132

Bishop Gallicanus

|align="right"|132

|align="right"|166

Bishop Orouzio

|align="right"|166

|align="right"|177

Bishop Antidius

|align="right"|177

|align="right"|182

Bishop Giulianus

|align="right"|182

|align="right"|194

Bishop Adalbert

|align="right"|194

|align="right"|200

Bishop Petrus

|align="right"|200

|align="right"|205

Bishop Fiorenzo

|align="right"|205

|align="right"|221

Bishop Zoilo

|align="right"|221

|align="right"|260

Bishop Servetus Villeneuve

|align="right"|260

|align="right"|317

Bishop Filetus

|align="right"|317

|align="right"|339

Bishop Severus

|align="right"|370

|align="right"|379

Bishop Otrejo

|align="right"|379

|align="right"|383

Bishop Letnio

|align="right"|383

|align="right"|400

Bishop Valerius

|align="right"|400

|align="right"|408

Bishop Silvanu

|align="right"|408

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Bishop Acacius

|align="right"|451

|align="right"|?

Bishop Restituoto

|align="right"|460

|align="right"|?

Bishop Kostantinu

|align="right"|501

|align="right"|?

Bishop Manas

|align="right"|536

|align="right"|?

Bishop Julianus

|align="right"|553

|align="right"|?

Bishop Luċillu

|align="right"|577

|align="right"|599

Bishop Trajanu

|align="right"|599

|align="right"|?

Bishop Giovanni

|align="right"|680

|align="right"|682

Bishop Annetto

|align="right"|700

|align="right"|707

Bishop Adriano

|align="right"|707

|align="right"|?

Bishop Pelladio

|align="right"|722

|align="right"|?

Bishop Vigiliju

|align="right"|740

|align="right"|748

Bishop Giorgius

|align="right"|748

|align="right"|?

Bishop Leone

|align="right"|770

|align="right"|?

Bishop Pawlu

|align="right"|868

|align="right"|?

Bishop Damiano

|align="right"|892

|align="right"|?

Bishop Gualtieri

|align="right"|1089

|align="right"|1095

Bishop Brialdo

|align="right"|1095

|align="right"|1098

Bishop Ġwanni

|align="right"|1098

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Bishop Rinaldus

|align="right"|1123

|align="right"|?

Bishop Stiefnu

|align="right"|1140

|align="right"|1168

Bishop Johannes I

|align="right"|1168

|align="right"|?

Bishop Ruggerius of Cefalù

|align="right"|1200

|align="right"|?

Bishop Domenicus

|align="right"|1250

|align="right"|1259

Bishop Jacobus of Mileto

|align="right"|1259

|align="right"|?

Bishop Magister Marinus

|align="right"|1267

|align="right"|1268

Bishop Johannes Normandus

|align="right"|1268

|align="right"|1268

Bishop Jacobus of Malta

|align="right"|1272

|align="right"|1297

Bishop Nicolaus

|align="right"|1304

|align="right"|1330

Bishop Alduinus

|align="right"|1330

|align="right"|1334

Bishop Henericus of Cefalù

|align="right"|1334

|align="right"|1341

Bishop Nicolas Bonet

|align="right"|1342

|align="right"|1343

Bishop Ogerius

|align="right"|1343

|align="right"|1346

Bishop Jocobus O.P.

|align="right"|1346

|align="right"|1356

Bishop Hilarius Conradus

|align="right"|1356

|align="right"|1370

Bishop Nicola Papalla

|align="right"|1373

|align="right"|1373

Bishop Antonius de Vulponno

|align="right"|1375

|align="right"|1392

Bishop Niccolo' Papalla

|align="right"|1392

|align="right"|1393

Bishop Maurus Cali

|align="right"|1393

|align="right"|1397

Bishop Andreas de Pace

|align="right"|1397

|align="right"|1408

Bishop Corrado Caracciolo

|align="right"|1408

|align="right"|1408

Bishop Michele de Letras

|align="right"|1408

|align="right"|1410

Bishop Giovanni Ximenes

|align="right"|1410

|align="right"|1412

Bishop Antonius Platamone

|align="right"|1412

|align="right"|1420

Bishop Mauro de Cali

|align="right"|1420

|align="right"|1432

Bishop Senatore Di Noto

|align="right"|1432

|align="right"|1445

Bishop Jocobus Vassallo

|align="right"|1445

|align="right"|1447

Bishop Giacomo Paternò

|align="right"|1447

|align="right"|1447

Bishop Antonio de Alagona

|align="right"|1447

|align="right"|1448

Bishop Riccardo

|align="right"|1448

|align="right"|?

Bishop Francesco Campolo

|align="right"|1460

|align="right"|?

Bishop Antonio de Alagona

|align="right"|1478

|align="right"|1478

Bishop Giovanni Paternò

|align="right"|1479

|align="right"|1489

Cardinal Pierre de Foix, le jeune (Administrator)

|align="right"|1489

|align="right"|1490

Bishop Paolo Della Cavalleria

|align="right"|1491

|align="right"|1495

Bishop Giacomo Valguarneri

|align="right"|1495

|align="right"|1501

Bishop Antonio Corseto

|align="right"|1501

|align="right"|1503

Cardinal Juan de Castro (Administrator)

|align="right"|1506

|align="right"|1506

Cardinal Bandinello Sauli

|align="right"|1506

|align="right"|1509

Bishop Bernardino da Bononia

|align="right"|1509

|align="right"|1512

Bishop Juan Pujades

|align="right"|1512

|align="right"|1512

Archbishop Juan de Sepúlveda

|align="right"|1514

|align="right"|1515

Bishop Bernardino Catagnano

|align="right"|1516

|align="right"|1516

Cardinal Raffaele Riario (Administrator)

|align="right"|1516

|align="right"|1520

Bishop Bonifacio Catagnano

|align="right"|1520

|align="right"|1523

Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci

|align="right"|1523

|align="right"|1530

Bishop Balthasar Waltkirk

|align="right"|1530

|align="right"|1530

Bishop Tommaso Bosio

|align="right"|1538

|align="right"|1539

Bishop Domenico Cubelles

|align="right"|1541

|align="right"|1566

Bishop Martín Royas de Portalrubio

|align="right"|1572

|align="right"|1577

Bishop Tomás Gargallo

|align="right"|1578

|align="right"|1614

Bishop Baldassare Cagliares

|align="right"|1615

|align="right"|1633

Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa

|align="right"|1635

|align="right"|1663

Archbishop Lucas Buenos

|align="right"|1666

|align="right"|1668

Bishop Lorenzo D'Astiria

|align="right"|1670

|align="right"|1677

Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina

|align="right"|1678

|align="right"|1682

Bishop Davide Cocco Palmieri

|align="right"|1684

|align="right"|1711

Bishop Joaquín Canaves

|align="right"|1713

|align="right"|1721

Bishop Gaspare Gori-Mancini

|align="right"|1722

|align="right"|1727

Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan

|align="right"|1728

|align="right"|1757

Bishop Bartolomé Rull

|align="right"|1757

|align="right"|1769

Archbishop Giovanni Carmine Pellerano

|align="right"|1770

|align="right"|1780

Archbishop Vincenzo Labini

|align="right"|1780

|align="right"|1807

Bishop Ferdinando Mattei

|align="right"|1807

|align="right"|1829

Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana

|align="right"|1831

|align="right"|1847

Archbishop Publio Maria Sant

|align="right"|1847

|align="right"|1857

Archbishop Gaetano Pace Forno

|align="right"|1857

|align="right"|1874

Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna

|align="right"|1875

|align="right"|1888

Archbishop Pietro Pace

|align="right"|1889

|align="right"|1914

Archbishop Mauro Caruana

|align="right"|1915

|align="right"|1943

Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi

|align="right"|1943

|align="right"|1944

colspan="3" align="center"|Metropolitan Archbishops
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi

|align="right"|1944

|align="right"|1976

Archbishop Joseph Mercieca

|align="right"|1976

|align="right"|2006

Archbishop Paul Cremona[http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141018/local/pope-accepts-resignation-archbishop-started-thinking-of-resignation-two-years-ago.540201 "Pope accepts resignation - Archbishop started thinking of resignation two years ago"], The Times of Malta, 18 October 2014. Retrieved on 18 October 2014.

|align="right"|2006

|align="right"|2014

Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna[http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150225/local/archbishop.557601 "Mgr Charles Scicluna to be Malta's next Archbishop"] The Times of Malta, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 25 February 2015.

|align="right"|2015

|align="right"|Present

Auxiliary Bishops of Malta

See also

{{Portal box|Catholicism|History|Malta}}

Further reading

  • Outline of Maltese History 1971 AC. Aquilina & Co; Appendix III.

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.maltadiocese.org}}
  • [http://melitensiawth.com/incoming/Index/Scientia%20(Malta)/Scientia.%2011(1945)1(Jan.-Mar.)/01.pdf Bishops of Malta]
  • {{CathEncy|wstitle=Malta}}

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