Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

Archdiocese of Malta
Archidioecesis Melitensis o Melevitanus
Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta

Location
Country Malta
Territory Island of Malta
Ecclesiastical province Malta
Metropolitan Malta
Statistics
Area 246 km2 (95 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
413,000
380,000 (92%)
Parishes 76
Churches 460
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 60 AD
(As Diocese of Malta)
1 January 1944
(As Archdiocese of Malta)
Cathedral St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina
Co-cathedral St John's Co-Cathedral
Patron saint St Paul
St Agatha
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Suffragans Diocese of Gozo
Vicar General Joseph Galea Curmi
Emeritus Bishops Joseph Mercieca
Paul Cremona
Map

The Archdiocese of Malta in dark green
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta

    ) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Malta.

    Origins

    Tradition claims that St Paul himself established the diocese of Malta in the year 60 A.D when he ordained the Roman governor, Publius, the first Maltese saint, as the first bishop of Malta. Thus with this act Malta became one of the first countries to convert to Christianity in the world and the first to do so in the west. The Diocese of Malta was made a suffragan seat to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo 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. Before 1864, the Diocese of Malta included the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino respectively. 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.

    Co-Cathedral of St John in Valletta

    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

    Suffragan

    Bishops of Malta

    The following men were
    bishops or archbishops of Malta
    Name from to
    Bishops and Titular Archbishops
    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 Giacamo Paterno 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 Waltkrik 1530 1530
    Bishop Tommaso Bosio 1538 1539
    Bishop Domenico Cubelles 1541 1566
    Bishop Martín Rojas 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 1831 1847
    Archbishop Publio Maria Sant 1847 1857
    Archbishop Gaetano Pace Forno 1857 1874
    Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna 1875 1888
    Archbishop Pietro Pace 1889 1914
    Archbishop Mauro Caruana 1915 1943
    Archbishop Michael Gonzi 1943 1944
    Metropolitan Archbishops
    Archbishop Michael Gonzi 1944 1976
    Archbishop Joseph Mercieca 1976 2006
    Archbishop Paul Cremona[1] 2007 2014
    Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna[2] 2015 Present

    Auxiliary Bishops of Malta

    See also

    References

    External links

    Coordinates: 35°56′14.99″N 14°22′31.5″E / 35.9374972°N 14.375417°E / 35.9374972; 14.375417

    1. "Pope accepts resignation - Archbishop started thinking of resignation two years ago", The Times of Malta, Malta, 18 October 2014. Retrieved on 18 October 2014.
    2. "Mgr Charles Scicluna to be Malta's next Archbishop" The Times of Malta, Malta, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 25 February 2015.
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