Archdiocese of Malta

The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Malta.

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 PalermoMalta 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 1 January 1944. The Diocese of Malta included the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino. On 22 September 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.

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 22 January (previously 21 January) - Memorial of Saint Publius 5 February - Memorial of St. Agatha of Sicily 10 February - Solemnity of the Shipwreck of St Paul 25 February - Memorial of Maria Adeodata Pisani 9 May - Feast of St. George Preca 1 July - Memorial of Nazju Falzon 8 October - Dedication of the Metropolitan Cathedral

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 Diocese of Gozo

Bishops of Malta

+ The following werebishops or archbishops of MaltaNamefromtoBishops and Titular ArchbishopsBishop Saint Publius6090Bishop Quadratus 91100Bishop Danuolus 100125Bishop Elladius 125132Bishop Gallicanus 132166Bishop Orouzio166177Bishop Antidius 177182Bishop Giulianus 182194Bishop Adalbert 194200Bishop Petrus 200205Bishop Fiorenzo205221Bishop Zoilo221260Bishop Servetus Villeneuve260317Bishop Filetus 317339Bishop Severus370379Bishop Otrejo379383Bishop Letnio383400Bishop Valerius400408Bishop Silvanu408?Bishop Acacius451?Bishop Restituoto 460?Bishop Kostantinu501?Bishop Manas536?Bishop Julianus 553?Bishop Luċillu 577599Bishop Trajanu 599?Bishop Giovanni680682Bishop Annetto700707Bishop Adriano707?Bishop Pelladio722?Bishop Vigiliju740748Bishop Giorgius748?Bishop Leone770?Bishop Pawlu868?Bishop Damiano892?Bishop Gualtieri 10891095Bishop Brialdo 10951098Bishop Ġwanni 1098?Bishop Rinaldus 1123?Bishop Stiefnu 11401168Bishop Johannes I1168?Bishop Ruggerius of Cefalù1200?Bishop Domenicus12501259Bishop Jacobus of Mileto1259?Bishop Magister Marinus12671268Bishop Johannes Normandus12681268Bishop Jacobus of Malta12721297Bishop Nicolaus 13041330Bishop Alduinus 13301334Bishop Henericus of Cefalù13341341Bishop Nicolas Bonet13421343Bishop Ogerius13431346Bishop Jocobus O.P.13461356Bishop Hilarius Conradus13561370Bishop Nicola Papalla 13731373Bishop Antonius de Vulponno13751392Bishop Niccolo' Papalla 13921393Bishop Maurus Cali13931397Bishop Andreas de Pace 13971408Bishop Corrado Caracciolo14081408Bishop Michele de Letras14081410Bishop Giovanni Ximenes14101412Bishop Antonius Platamone 14121420Bishop Mauro de Cali14201432Bishop Senatore Di Noto 14321445Bishop Jocobus Vassallo14451447Bishop Giacomo Paternò14471447Bishop Antonio de Alagona 14471448Bishop Riccardo1448?Bishop Francesco Campolo1460?Bishop Antonio de Alagona 14781478Bishop Giovanni Paternò14791489Cardinal Pierre de Foix, le jeune (Administrator) 14891490Bishop Paolo Della Cavalleria14911495Bishop Giacomo Valguarneri14951501Bishop Antonio Corseto15011503Cardinal Juan de Castro (Administrator) 15061506Cardinal Bandinello Sauli 15061509Bishop Bernardino da Bononia15091512Bishop Juan Pujades15121512Archbishop Juan de Sepúlveda15141515Bishop Bernardino Catagnano 15161516Cardinal Raffaele Riario (Administrator)15161520Bishop Bonifacio Catagnano15201523Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci15231530Bishop Balthasar Waltkirk15301530Bishop Tommaso Bosio15381539Bishop Domenico Cubelles15411566Bishop Martín Royas de Portalrubio15721577Bishop Tomás Gargallo15781614Bishop Baldassare Cagliares16151633Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa16351663Archbishop Lucas Buenos16661668Bishop Lorenzo D'Astiria16701677Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina16781682Bishop Davide Cocco Palmieri16841711Bishop Joaquín Canaves17131721Bishop Gaspare Gori-Mancini17221727Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan17281757Bishop Bartolomé Rull17571769Archbishop Giovanni Carmine Pellerano17701780Archbishop Vincenzo Labini 17801807Bishop Ferdinando Mattei18071829Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana 18311847Archbishop Publio Maria Sant18471857Archbishop Gaetano Pace Forno18571874Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna18751888Archbishop Pietro Pace18891914Archbishop Mauro Caruana19151943Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi19431944Metropolitan ArchbishopsArchbishop Mikiel Gonzi19441976Archbishop Joseph Mercieca19762006Archbishop Paul Cremona"Pope accepts resignation - Archbishop started thinking of resignation two years ago", The Times of Malta, 18 October 2014. Retrieved on 18 October 2014.20062014Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna"Mgr Charles Scicluna to be Malta's next Archbishop" The Times of Malta, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 25 February 2015.2015Present

Auxiliary Bishops of Malta

Annetto Casolani (1848–1866) Michael Franciscus Buttigieg (1863–1864) Salvatore Gaffiero (1899–1906) Paolo Rosario Farrugia (1907) Angelo Portelli (1911–1927) Emmanuele Galea (1942–1974) Emanuele Gerada (1967–1968) Joseph Mercieca (1974–1976) Annetto Depasquale (1998–2011) Charles J. Scicluna (2012–2015) Joseph Galea-Curmi (2018–)

Archdiocese of Malta

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