Archbishop Joseph Mercieca

Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1928		Born	Victoria
8 Mar 1952	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jul 1974	45.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
20 Jul 1974	45.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia
29 Sep 1974	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia
29 Nov 1976	48.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Malta
2 Dec 2006	78.1	Retired	Archbishop of Malta

Ad Limina - May 2012: Bishop

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Malta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michele Gonzi †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi †
Bishop of Gozo
Bishop Francesco Ricceri †
Bishop of Trapani

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michele Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Bishop 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 † (1872)
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M. (1984)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Joseph Angelo Grech † (1974)
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri (1984)
Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M. (1985)
Bishop Charles Jude Scicluna (1986)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. (1984)
Bishop Annetto Depasquale † (1999)
Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. (1985)
Archbishop Paolo Giglio (1986)
Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. (1997)
Archbishop Raffaello Funghini † (2004)
Bishop Mario Grech (2006)
Bishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. (2006)
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri (2009)
Bishop Charles Jude Scicluna (2012)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2006

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