Prospero (Stanley) Cardinal Grech, O.S.A. †

Deceased

Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

Motto: In Te Domine Speravi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1925		Born
8 Oct 1944	18.7	Professed	Member of Order of St. Augustine
25 Mar 1950	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of St. Augustine
18 Jan 2012	86.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of San Leone
8 Feb 2012	86.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of San Leone
18 Feb 2012	86.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
18 Feb 2012	86.1	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Apr 2012	86.3	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
30 Dec 2019	94.0	Died	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

MicroData Summary
Prospero (Stanley) Grech
Prospero (Stanley) Cardinal Grech O.S.A.
(born 24 Dec 1925, died 30 Dec 2019)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Vittoriosa (Birgu), Malta
Ordained Priest San Givoanni in Laterano, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place Santo Spirito in Sassia, Hospital, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Santa Maria Addolorata, Cemetery, Paola, Malta

a priest for 69.7 years
a bishop for 7.8 years
a cardinal for 7.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi
Bishop Emeritus of Alessandria (della Paglia)
Bishop Mario Grech
Bishop of Gozo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. † (2007)
Archbishop of Malta
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca † (1974)
Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vittoriosa (Birgu), Malta
Ordained Priest	San Givoanni in Laterano, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Saint John, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place	Santo Spirito in Sassia, Hospital, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Santa Maria Addolorata, Cemetery, Paola, Malta

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/359477
VIAF: 64292285
WikiData: Q469110

Source(s):

card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
2s21: CB, 21 Jan 2012
c234: CB, 8 Feb 2012
1m43: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,253
d: CB, 30 Dec 2019
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)

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