Church Roman Catholic Appointed 22 October 1757 Name Bartolome Rull | Diocese Malta In office 1758-1769 | |
Predecessor Paul Alpheran de Bussan Successor Giovanni Carmine Pellerano | ||
Bartolome Rull (31 July 1691 - 19 February 1769) was an 18th century Spanish prelate who served as Bishop of Malta.
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Rull was born on July 31, 1691 in Pollenca on the island of Majorca in Spain.
Career
On March 6, 1718, at the age of 26, Rull was ordained priest of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem. In October 1757 Rull was selected as the Bishop of Malta and confirmed on December 19 of the same year. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on May 7, 1758 by Domenico Zicari, the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria and co-consecrated by Bishop Francesco Franco of Nicotera and Bishop Stefano Morabito of Bova. He was then formally installed in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina on June 27, 1758. As bishop of Malta, Rull founded many churches and consecrated a great number of them. On April 28, 1762, Rull gave permission for the building of a new church in Tarxien dedicated to his patron St Bartholomew and Our Lady of Good Counsel.
Death
Bishop Rull died on February 19, 1769 at the age of 77 after 10 years as bishop of Malta.