Church Roman Catholic Predecessor Carmelo Scicluna Diocese Malta Successor Mauro Caruana | Appointed 11 February 1889 Name Pietro Pace In office 1889-1914 | |
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Pietro pace ecce domum
Sir Pietro Pace (9 April 1831 – 29 July 1914) was a Maltese archbishop who served as the bishop of Malta from 1889 until his death in 1914.
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Biography
Sir Pietro Pace was born in Victoria, Gozo on April 9, 1831 and was baptized on the same day in St George's Basilica. 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 Cardinal Edward Henry Howard on April 8, 1877. 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.
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