Bishop George Bugeja, O.F.M.

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli, Libya

Titular Bishop of San Leone

Apostolic Administrator of Misurata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1962		Born
2 Oct 1978	16.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
28 Aug 1983	21.1	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
5 Jul 1986	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
10 Jul 2015	53.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
10 Jul 2015	53.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of San Leone
4 Sep 2015	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of San Leone
14 Feb 2016	53.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Benghazi, Libya
14 Feb 2016	53.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Derna, Libya
5 Feb 2017	54.5	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya
5 Feb 2017	54.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Misurata, Libya
8 Dec 2019	57.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Benghazi, Libya
8 Dec 2019	57.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Derna, Libya
22 Oct 2025	63.3	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli, Libya

MicroData Summary
George Bugeja
Bishop George Bugeja O.F.M.
(born 1 Jul 1962)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tripoli

Event Place
Birth Place Xaghra, Malta
Ordained Bishop Sanctuaire Nationale Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Basilica, Gharb

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Tripoli.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi †
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Mario Grech
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.
Titular Archbishop of Sila
Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M.
Bishop of Juticalpa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Mario Grech (2006)
Bishop of Gozo
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi † (1967)
Bishop Emeritus of Gozo
Archbishop Martin John O’Connor † (1943)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Bishop William Joseph Hafey † (1925)
Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley † (1914)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley † (1900)
Bishop of Savannah, Georgia
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould (2020)
Bishop Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Xaghra, Malta
Ordained Bishop	Sanctuaire Nationale Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Basilica, Gharb

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q20752279

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2015
c1/ob: CB, 10 Jul 2015
c2+: CB, 31 Aug 2015
bp: CB, 4 Sep 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 224, Number 18,567
ab: CB, 14 Feb 2016
s: Bollettino, 5 Feb 2017
r: Bollettino, 22 Oct 2025

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