Archbishop Joseph Mercieca †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1928		Born
8 Mar 1952	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gozo, Malta
20 Jul 1974	45.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta
20 Jul 1974	45.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia
29 Sep 1974	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia
29 Nov 1976	48.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Malta
2 Dec 2006	78.0	Retired	Archbishop of Malta
21 Mar 2016	87.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

MicroData Summary
Joseph Mercieca
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca
(born 11 Nov 1928, died 21 Mar 2016)
Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Ad Limina - May 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Victoria
Ordained Bishop La Valette

a priest for 64.0 years
a bishop for 41.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Pace †
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mikiel 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 Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
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 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)
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna (1986)
Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi (1991)
Bishop Enrique José Balzan Caruana (1991)
Archbishop Antoine Camilleri (1991)
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)
Mario Cardinal Grech (2006)
Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. (2006)
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri (2009)
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna (2012)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/354818
VIAF: 6657159478310327990009
WikiData: Q745788

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2006
opd/c1/d: CB, 21 Mar 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,495

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