Carmelo Scicluna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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maltese bishop
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Place of Birth: Qormi, Malta
About Carmelo Scicluna
- Carmelo Scicluna (3 August 1800 – 12 July 1888) was a Maltese prelate and count who served as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta from 1875 till 1888.Archbishop Scicluna was born in Qormi on August 3, 1800.
- He was ordained priest in 1824 and 51 years later he was consecrated as the Bishop of Malta by His Excellency Francesco Convert, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria.
- He was also appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes.
- In 1880 Archbishop Scicluna ordered that as from that year, the traditional procession of Good Friday should be held on a Friday instead of Maundy Thursday. Archbishop Scicluna died on July 12, 1888, at the age of 87.
- He had been Bishop of Malta for 13 years.
- His funeral took place in St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta and was buried in St.
- Paul's Cathedral, Mdina.
- The people crowded the city to witness this important event.
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