Pietro Pace Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Sir Pietro Pace
Bishop of Malta
Church:Roman Catholic
Diocese:Malta
Appointed:11 February 1889
Term:1889-1914
Term End:29 July 1914
Predecessor:Carmelo Scicluna
Successor:Mauro Caruana
Other Post:Titular Archbishop of Rhodes
Ordination:17 December 1853
Consecration:8 April 1877
Consecrated By:Edward Henry Howard
Birth Date:9 April 1831
Birth Place:Victoria, Gozo Colony of Malta
Death Place:Victoria, Gozo Colony of Malta
Nationality:Maltese
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Sir Pietro Pace (9 April 1831 – 29 July 1914) was a senior-ranking Maltese prelate who served as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta from 1889 until his death in 1914.[1]

Biography

Archbishop Pace was born in Rabat (later renamed Victoria) on Gozo on 9 April 1831 and was baptised on the same day in St George's Basilica.[2] He was ordained a priest in 1853 and was consecrated as the third Bishop of Gozo in the Basilica of San Carlo al Corso in Rome by the English prelate, Edward Henry Cardinal Howard, on 8 April 1877.[3] He served as Gozo's bishop until 1889 when he was transferred to the Bishopric of Malta succeeding Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna. He was also appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes. He ministered in Malta for 25 years until he died in Victoria, Gozo, 29 July 1914.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Morana. Martin. Bejn Kliem u Storja. 2011. Books Distributors Limited. Malta. 978-99957-0137-6. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005162338/https://sites.google.com/site/kliemustorja/home/titlu/introduzzjoni/dwar-l-awtur/a/b/c/c/d. 5 October 2016. Maltese.
  2. Web site: Archbishop Pietro Pace [Catholic-Hierarchy] . www.catholic-hierarchy.org . 13 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Petrus Pace at Gozo Diocese . gozodiocese.org . 13 February 2014.