Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1885		Born
19 Dec 1908	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jun 1924	39.0	Appointed	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
20 Jul 1924	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
10 Aug 1924	39.2	Installed	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
14 Oct 1943	58.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Malta
14 Oct 1943	58.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe
17 Dec 1943	58.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Malta
1 Jan 1944	58.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Malta
29 Nov 1976	91.5	Retired	Archbishop of Malta
22 Jan 1984	98.6	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

MicroData Summary
Mikiel Gonzi
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi
(born 13 May 1885, died 22 Jan 1984)
Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Vittoriosa, Diocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop Saint John the Baptist, Co-Cathedral, Valletta

a priest for 75.0 years
a bishop for 59.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Maria Camilleri, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Methone
Bishop Angelo Portelli, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Selinus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Annetto Depasquale † (1962)
Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. (1969)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Pace † (1944)
Bishop Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M. Cap. † (1954)
Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. † (1962)
Bishop Eric Benjamin Moktan † (1962)
Bishop Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. † (1967)
Archbishop Emanuele Gerada † (1967)
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca † (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernardino Vitale Bigi, O.F.M. † (1927)
Bishop Emanuele Galea † (1942)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 30146635592441981836
WikiData: Q1572200

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1924, Number 46

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