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Carmelo Zammit

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Gibraltar

Predecessor
  
Ralph Heskett

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Ordination
  
20 July 1974

Appointed
  
24 June 2016

Installed
  
24 September 2016

Nationality
  
Maltese

Alma mater
  
University of Malta

Consecration
  
8 September 2016

Carmelo Zammit

Province
  
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Born
  
19 December 1949 (age 67) Gudja, Malta (
1949-12-19
)

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar

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Carmelo Zammit (born 19 December 1949, Gudja, Malta) is a Maltese-born Gibraltarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gibraltar. Bishop Zammit was born in Gudja, Malta in 1949 and was ordained a priest in 1974. He holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy, Italian and economics and a licentiate in theology from the University of Malta, and a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. Before his appointment, he served in a number of pastoral roles in Gibraltar, including judicial vicar, episcopal delegate for Catholic education, school chaplain and parish priest. Upon returning to Malta in 1998, he became chancellor of the archdiocese and judge in the ecclesiastical tribunal. He also served as Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter, as President of the St. John's Co-Cathedral Foundation, and Judicial Vicar in the Archdiocese of Malta.

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He was consecrated bishop on 8 September 2016 by Vincent Cardinal Nichols in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina. Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Bishop Ralph Heskett of Gibraltar acted as co-consecrators.

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Carmelo Zammit Wikipedia