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Bartolomé Rull
Bartolomé Rull (31 July 1691 – 19 February 1769) was an 18th-century Spanish prelate who served as Bishop of Malta. Rull was born on 31 July 1691 in Pollença on the island of Majorca in Spain. Career On 6 March 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 7 May 1758 by Domenico Zicari, the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria and co-consecrated by Bishop Francesco Franco of Nicotera and Bishop Stefano Moràbito of Bova. He was then formally installed in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina on 27 June 1758. As bishop of Malta, Rull founded many churches and consecrated a great number of them. On 28 April 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 Our Lady of Good Counsel ( la, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Malta
The Archdiocese of Malta (Malti: ''Arċidjoċesi ta' Malta'') is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Malta. History Tradition claims that St. Paul the Apostle established the diocese of Malta in the year 60 A.D when he ordained the Roman governor, Saint Publius, as the first bishop of Malta. The Diocese of Malta was made a suffragan diocese to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palermohttp://maltahistory.eu5.net/mh/19586.html by a Papal Bull of Pope Adrian IV on 10 July 1156 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III on 26 April 1160. The former Diocese of Malta, which is one of the oldest dioceses in the world, was elevated to archdiocese on January 1, 1944. The Diocese of Malta included the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino. On September 22, 1864, the diocese lost the territories of Gozo and Comino when Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Gozo which became a suffragan diocese to Malta. Cathedrals There are two cathedrals in the diocese: Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Bova
The diocese of Bova was a Roman Catholic diocese in Calabria in Italy - article from the seventh century until 1986."Diocese of Bova" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Bova" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Roman Catholic Bishops In Malta
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
