# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

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The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Malta.

## History

Tradition claims that St. Paul the Apostle established the diocese of Malta in the year 60 A.D when he ordained the Roman governor, Saint Publius, as the first bishop of Malta and saint.
The Diocese of Malta was made a suffragan diocese to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermo by a Papal Bull of Pope Adrian IV on 10 July 1156 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III on 26 April 1160. The former Diocese of Malta, which is one of the oldest dioceses in the world, was elevated to archdiocese on January 1, 1944. The Diocese of Malta included the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino. On September 22, 1864, the diocese lost the territories of Gozo and Comino when Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Gozo which became a suffragan diocese to Malta.
The Catholic Caritas Malta, one of the best-known civil-society organisations in the country, was founded in 1968 at the initiative of Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi and Bishop Nikol Cauchi.

## Cathedrals

There are two cathedrals in the diocese: The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, in Mdina, and the Co-Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, located in Valletta.

## Important dates

* 22 January (previously 21 January) - Memorial of Saint Publius
* 5 February - Memorial of St. Agatha of Sicily
* 10 February - Solemnity of the Shipwreck of St Paul
* 25 February - Memorial of Maria Adeodata Pisani
* 9 May - Feast of St. George Preca
* 1 July - Memorial of Nazju Falzon
* 8 October - Dedication of the Metropolitan Cathedral

## Flag

The flag is a bicolour consisting of yellow on left and white on the right. It is a 2:3 ratio; the same as the Maltese flag.

## Suffragan

* Diocese of Gozo

## Bishops of Malta

The following were bishops or archbishops of Malta :
| Name | from | to |
| Bishops and Titular Archbishops |||
| Bishop Saint Publius | 60 | 90 |
| Bishop Quadratus | 91 | 100 |
| Bishop Danuolus | 100 | 125 |
| Bishop Elladius | 125 | 132 |
| Bishop Gallicanus | 132 | 166 |
| Bishop Orouzio | 166 | 177 |
| Bishop Antidius | 177 | 182 |
| Bishop Giulianus | 182 | 194 |
| Bishop Adalbert | 194 | 200 |
| Bishop Petrus | 200 | 205 |
| Bishop Fiorenzo | 205 | 221 |
| Bishop Zoilo | 221 | 260 |
| Bishop Servetus Villeneuve | 260 | 317 |
| Bishop Filetus | 317 | 339 |
| Bishop Severus | 370 | 379 |
| Bishop Otrejo | 379 | 383 |
| Bishop Letnio | 383 | 400 |
| Bishop Valerius | 400 | 408 |
| Bishop Silvanu | 408 | ? |
| Bishop Acacius | 451 | ? |
| Bishop Restituoto | 460 | ? |
| Bishop Kostantinu | 501 | ? |
| Bishop Manas | 536 | ? |
| Bishop Julianus | 553 | ? |
| Bishop Luċillu | 577 | 599 |
| Bishop Trajanu | 599 | ? |
| Bishop Giovanni | 680 | 682 |
| Bishop Annetto | 700 | 707 |
| Bishop Adriano | 707 | ? |
| Bishop Pelladio | 722 | ? |
| Bishop Vigiliju | 740 | 748 |
| Bishop Giorgius | 748 | ? |
| Bishop Leone | 770 | ? |
| Bishop Pawlu | 868 | ? |
| Bishop Damiano | 892 | ? |
| Bishop Gualtieri | 1089 | 1095 |
| Bishop Brialdo | 1095 | 1098 |
| Bishop Ġwanni | 1098 | ? |
| Bishop Rinaldus | 1123 | ? |
| Bishop Stiefnu | 1140 | 1168 |
| Bishop Johannes I | 1168 | ? |
| Bishop Ruggerius of Cefalù | 1200 | ? |
| Bishop Domenicus | 1250 | 1259 |
| Bishop Jacobus of Mileto | 1259 | ? |
| Bishop Magister Marinus | 1267 | 1268 |
| Bishop Johannes Normandus | 1268 | 1268 |
| Bishop Jacobus of Malta | 1272 | 1297 |
| Bishop Nicolaus | 1304 | 1330 |
| Bishop Alduinus | 1330 | 1334 |
| Bishop Henericus of Cefalù | 1334 | 1341 |
| Bishop Nicolas Bonet | 1342 | 1343 |
| Bishop Ogerius | 1343 | 1346 |
| Bishop Jocobus O.P. | 1346 | 1356 |
| Bishop Hilarius Conradus | 1356 | 1370 |
| Bishop Nicola Papalla | 1373 | 1373 |
| Bishop Antonius de Vulponno | 1375 | 1392 |
| Bishop Niccolo' Papalla | 1392 | 1393 |
| Bishop Maurus Cali | 1393 | 1397 |
| Bishop Andreas de Pace | 1397 | 1408 |
| Bishop Corrado Caracciolo | 1408 | 1408 |
| Bishop Michele de Letras | 1408 | 1410 |
| Bishop Giovanni Ximenes | 1410 | 1412 |
| Bishop Antonius Platamone | 1412 | 1420 |
| Bishop Mauro de Cali | 1420 | 1432 |
| Bishop Senatore Di Noto | 1432 | 1445 |
| Bishop Jocobus Vassallo | 1445 | 1447 |
| Bishop Giacomo Paternò | 1447 | 1447 |
| Bishop Antonio de Alagona | 1447 | 1448 |
| Bishop Riccardo | 1448 | ? |
| Bishop Francesco Campolo | 1460 | ? |
| Bishop Antonio de Alagona | 1478 | 1478 |
| Bishop Giovanni Paternò | 1479 | 1489 |
| Cardinal Pierre de Foix, le jeune (Administrator) | 1489 | 1490 |
| Bishop Paolo Della Cavalleria | 1491 | 1495 |
| Bishop Giacomo Valguarneri | 1495 | 1501 |
| Bishop Antonio Corseto | 1501 | 1503 |
| Cardinal Juan de Castro (Administrator) | 1506 | 1506 |
| Cardinal Bandinello Sauli | 1506 | 1509 |
| Bishop Bernardino da Bononia | 1509 | 1512 |
| Bishop Juan Pujades | 1512 | 1512 |
| Archbishop Juan de Sepúlveda | 1514 | 1515 |
| Bishop Bernardino Catagnano | 1516 | 1516 |
| Cardinal Raffaele Riario (Administrator) | 1516 | 1520 |
| Bishop Bonifacio Catagnano | 1520 | 1523 |
| Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci | 1523 | 1530 |
| Bishop Balthasar Waltkirk | 1530 | 1530 |
| Bishop Tommaso Bosio | 1538 | 1539 |
| Bishop Domenico Cubelles | 1541 | 1566 |
| Bishop Martín Royas de Portalrubio | 1572 | 1577 |
| Bishop Tomás Gargallo | 1578 | 1614 |
| Bishop Baldassare Cagliares | 1615 | 1633 |
| Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa | 1635 | 1663 |
| Archbishop Lucas Buenos | 1666 | 1668 |
| Bishop Lorenzo D'Astiria | 1670 | 1677 |
| Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina | 1678 | 1682 |
| Bishop Davide Cocco Palmieri | 1684 | 1711 |
| Bishop Joaquín Canaves | 1713 | 1721 |
| Bishop Gaspare Gori-Mancini | 1722 | 1727 |
| Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan | 1728 | 1757 |
| Bishop Bartolomé Rull | 1757 | 1769 |
| Archbishop Giovanni Carmine Pellerano | 1770 | 1780 |
| Archbishop Vincenzo Labini | 1780 | 1807 |
| Bishop Ferdinando Mattei | 1807 | 1829 |
| Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana | 1831 | 1847 |
| Archbishop Publio Maria Sant | 1847 | 1857 |
| Archbishop Gaetano Pace Forno | 1857 | 1874 |
| Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna | 1875 | 1888 |
| Archbishop Pietro Pace | 1889 | 1914 |
| Archbishop Mauro Caruana | 1915 | 1943 |
| Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi | 1943 | 1944 |
| Metropolitan Archbishops |||
| Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi | 1944 | 1976 |
| Archbishop Joseph Mercieca | 1976 | 2006 |
| Archbishop Paul Cremona | 2006 | 2014 |
| Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna | 2015 | Present |

## Auxiliary Bishops of Malta

* Annetto Casolani (1848–1866)
* Michael Franciscus Buttigieg (1863–1864)
* Salvatore Gaffiero (1899–1906)
* Paolo Rosario Farrugia (1907)
* Angelo Portelli (1911–1927)
* Emmanuele Galea (1942–1974)
* Emanuele Gerada (1967–1968)
* Joseph Mercieca (1974–1976)
* Annetto Depasquale (1998–2011)
* Charles J. Scicluna (2012–2015)
* Joseph Galea-Curmi (2018–)