Pietro Pace

The Most Reverend
Sir Pietro Pace
Bishop of Malta
Church Roman Catholic
Diocese Malta
Appointed 11 February 1889
In office 1889-1914
Predecessor Carmelo Scicluna
Successor Mauro Caruana
Other posts Titular Archbishop of Rhodes
Orders
Ordination 17 December 1853
Consecration 8 April 1877
by Edward Henry Howard
Personal details
Born (1831-04-09)April 9, 1831
Victoria, Gozo Malta
Died July 29, 1914(1914-07-29) (aged 83)
Victoria, Gozo Malta
Nationality Maltese
Previous post Bishop of Gozo (1877-1889)

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 April 9, 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, His Eminence Edward Henry Cardinal Howard, on April 8, 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.

References

  1. ↑ Morana, Martin (2011). Bejn Kliem u Storja (in Maltese). Malta: Books Distributors Limited. ISBN 978-99957-0137-6. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ . Retrieved on 13 February 2014.
  3. ↑ . Retrieved on 13 February 2014.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata		 Bishop of Gozo
1877–1889		 Succeeded by
Giovanni Maria Camilleri
Preceded by
Carmelo Scicluna		 Archbishop of Malta
1889–1914		 Succeeded by
Mauro Caruana
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