Archdiocese of Malta
Meliten(sis) seu Melevitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Malta
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the island of Malta, by tradition founded by Saint Paul the Apostle around AD 60 and one of the oldest sees in the world; it was elevated to an archdiocese on 1 January 1944. Its metropolitan cathedral is St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, with St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, and its suffragan is the Diocese of Gozo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1944
- Latin
- Meliten(sis) seu Melevitan(us)
- Patron
- St. Paul, St. Publius and St. Agatha
- Annuario code
- 001002127
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 382,900
- Population
- 454,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.2%
- Priests
- 530
- Catholics per priest
- 722
- Extent
- 246 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,557
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Charles J. Scicluna
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina stands in Malta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Malta
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GozoGozo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.