Archdiocese_of_Malta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

Archdiocese of the Catholic Church

The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta)[1] is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Malta.[2]

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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[3] 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.

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

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

Bishops of Malta

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Auxiliary Bishops of Malta

See also

Further reading

  • Outline of Maltese History 1971 AC. Aquilina & Co; Appendix III.

References

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    "Archdiocese of Malta". Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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    Morana, Martin (2011). Bejn Kliem u Storja (in Maltese). Malta: Books Distributors Limited. ISBN 978-99957-0137-6. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
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    Malta History [dead link]
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    "Isqfijiet ta' Malta" (PDF). edu.mt. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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    Castagna, P. P. (1865). Malta bil chzejer tehne u li ghadda min ghaliha (in Maltese). Vol. 2. Malta: s.n. pp. 39–40.
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    Fiorini, P. Bonaventura (1955). "IL COMM. ABELA E LA CRONOLOGIA EPISCOPALE DI MALTA". Melita Historica: 82–99.
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    "Pope accepts resignation - Archbishop started thinking of resignation two years ago", The Times of Malta, Malta, 18 October 2014. Retrieved on 18 October 2014.
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    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150225/local/archbishop.557601 "Mgr Charles Scicluna to be Malta's next Archbishop" The Times of Malta, Malta, 25 February 2015. Retrieved on 25 February 2015.

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