Archbishop Paul Cremona, O.P. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1946		Born
29 Sep 1967	21.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
22 Mar 1969	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
2 Dec 2006	60.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Malta
26 Jan 2007	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Malta
18 Oct 2014	68.7	Resigned	Archbishop of Malta
18 Mar 2025	79.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

MicroData Summary
Paul Cremona
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P.
(born 25 Jan 1946, died 18 Mar 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

Ad Limina - May 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place Mater Dei, Hospital, Msida, Archdiocese of Malta

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 18.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca †
Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto †
Titular Archbishop of Vannida
Bishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P.
Titular Bishop of Buthrotum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Prospero (Stanley) Cardinal Grech, O.S.A. † (2012)
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna (2012)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri (2009)
Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap. (2012)
Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 54534255
WikiData: Q557980

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2006
ob/c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Number 15,324
r: Bollettino, 18 Oct 2014
d: CB, 19 Mar 2025

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