Father Charles Azzopardi

Bishop-Elect of Gibraltar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1962		Born
6 Aug 1992	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gibraltar
12 Sep 2025	63.3	Appointed	Bishop of Gibraltar
7 Dec 2025	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gibraltar

MicroData Summary
Charles Azzopardi
Father Charles Azzopardi
(born 20 Apr 1962)
Bishop-Elect of Gibraltar

Event Place
Birth Place Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar
Ordained Priest St. Mary the Crowned, Cathedral, Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar
Ordained Bishop Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, Diocese of Gibraltar

Please contact the Father through the Diocese of Gibraltar.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bernard Patrick Devlin †
Bishop of Gibraltar
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles
Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles (2021)
Titular Archbishop of Città Ducale
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q136230160

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Sep 2025
c1: CL, 13 Sep 2025
ob: CB, 22 Sep 2025
c2: CB, 12 Nov 2025

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