Carmelo Scicluna (3 August 1800 – 12 July 1888) was a Maltese

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and

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who served as the

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and Bishop of Malta from 1875 to 1888.

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Scicluna was born in

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on 3 August 1800. He was ordained as a priest in 1824, and 51 years later was consecrated as the Bishop of Malta by

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Francesco Converti of the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria. He was also appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes. In 1880, Scicluna ordered that the traditional procession of Good Friday should be held on a Friday instead of

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. Scicluna died on 12 July 1888, at the age of 87, after serving as Bishop of Malta for 13 years. His funeral took place in St John's Co-Cathedral in

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and he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina. Large crowds gathered in the city to witness the event.''FUNERAL OF THE BISHOP OF MALTA''
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'', London, 28 July 1888. Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

References

''Catholic Hierarchy''

''The Tablet''

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