Emanuel Barbara

His Excellency
Emanuel Barbara
O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop of Malindi
Church Roman Catholic
Diocese Malindi
Appointed 9 July 2011
Installed 1 October 2011
Predecessor Francis Baldacchino
Orders
Ordination 20 July 1974
Consecration 9 July 2011
by John Cardinal Njue
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born (1949-10-27)27 October 1949
Gzira, Malta
Died 5 January 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 68)
Nationality Maltese
Styles of
Emanuel Barbara
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop
Posthumous style not applicable

Emanuel Barbara OFM Cap (27 October 1949 – 5 January 2018) was a Maltese bishop who served as the Bishop of Malindi in Kenya.

Barbara was born in Gzira Malta on 27 October 1949. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and took his solemn profession on 26 September 1966.[1] In 1973 he was ordained to the diaconate and a year later on July 20 he was ordained as a priest. Until 2008 he served as a priest in the Diocese of Malindi. He also served as Provincial Minister of the Maltese Capuchin Province.[2] In 2011 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Malindi in Kenya and on 1 October 2011 he was consecrated by Cardinal John Njue. On 1 November 2013 Barbara was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Mombasa after the see fell vacant because of the resignation of Archbishop Boniface Lele.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap.". Retrieved on 7 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Maltese ordained bishop of Malindi, Kenya", The Times of Malta, Malta, 1 October 2011. Retrieved on 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Zammit, Frank."POPE FRANCIS APPOINTS THE RT. REV. EMMANUEL BARBARA, BISHOP OF MALINDI AS APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MOMBASA", IL SERVIZIO PETRINO , London, 2 November 2013. Retrieved on 7 March 2014.



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