Mario Cardinal Grech

Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1957		Born
26 May 1984	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gozo, Malta
26 Nov 2005	48.7	Appointed	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
22 Jan 2006	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gozo, Malta
2 Oct 2019	62.6	Appointed	Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
2 Oct 2019	62.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gozo, Malta
21 Aug 2020	63.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gozo, Malta
15 Sep 2020	63.5	Appointed	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
28 Nov 2020	63.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Nov 2020	63.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano
26 Sep 2021	64.5	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano

MicroData Summary for Mario Grech
(VIAF: 5750149489163793810006; WikiData: Q282268)
Mario Cardinal Grech (born 20 Feb 1957) Secretary General of Synod of Bishops

Ad Limina - May 2012: Bishop
Consistory - 2020: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Qala, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Priest Assumption, Cathedral, Victoria, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Bishop Assumption, Cathedral, Victoria, Diocese of Gozo, Malta

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi †
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi †
Bishop Emeritus of Gozo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca †
Archbishop of Malta
Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto †
Titular Archbishop of Vannida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop George Bugeja, O.F.M. (2015)
Bishop Anthony Teuma (2020)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Prospero (Stanley) Cardinal Grech, O.S.A. † (2012)
Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna (2012)
Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi (2018)
Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Qala, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Priest	Assumption, Cathedral, Victoria, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Bishop	Assumption, Cathedral, Victoria, Diocese of Gozo, Malta

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Nov 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,043
ab: Bollettino, 3 Oct 2019
ab: Bollettino, 16 Sep 2020
card: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2020
cdea: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2020
i: Bollettino, 23 Sep 2021

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