Pietro Pace

His Excellency
Pietro Pace
Bishop of Malta
Church Roman Catholic
Diocese Malta
Appointed 11 February 1889
In office 1889-1914
Predecessor Carmelo Scicluna
Successor Mauro Caruana
Other posts Titular Archbishop of Rhodes
Orders
Ordination 17 December 1853
Consecration 8 April 1877
by Edward Henry Howard
Personal details
Born (1831-04-09)April 9, 1831
Victoria, Gozo Malta
Died July 29, 1914(1914-07-29) (aged 83)
Victoria, Gozo Malta
Nationality Maltese
Previous post Bishop of Gozo (1877-1889)

Pietro Pace (9 April 1831 - 29 July 1914) was a Maltese archbishop who served as the bishop of Malta from 1889 until his death in 1914.

Pietru Pace was born in Victoria, Gozo on April 9, 1831 and was baptized on the same day in St George's Basilica.[1] He was ordained a priest in 1853 and was consecrated as the third bishop of Gozo in the Basilica of San Carlo al Corso in Rome by the English Cardinal Edward Henry Howard on April 8, 1877.[2] He served as Gozo's bishop until 1889 when he was transferred to the bishopric of Malta succeeding Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna. He was also appointed as the titular Archbishop of Rhodes. He ministered in Malta for 25 years until he died in Victoria, Gozo 29 July 1914.

References

  1. . Retrieved on 13 February 2014.
  2. . Retrieved on 13 February 2014.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata
Bishop of Gozo
1877–1889
Succeeded by
Giovanni Maria Camilleri
Preceded by
Carmelo Scicluna
Archbishop of Malta
1889–1914
Succeeded by
Mauro Caruana
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