Carmelo Scicluna

Carmelo Scicluna (3 August 1800 – 12 July 1888) was a Maltese prelate and count who served as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes and Bishop of Malta from 1875 to 1888.^[1]

The Most Reverend Carmelo Scicluna D.D.
Bishop of Malta
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Malta
Appointed	15 March 1875
In office	1875-1888
Predecessor	Gaetano Pace Forno
Successor	Pietro Pace
Other post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Orders
Ordination	18 December 1824
Consecration	11 April 1875 by Francesco Converti
Rank	Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1800-08-03)3 August 1800 Qormi, Malta
Died	12 July 1888(1888-07-12) (aged 87)
Buried	St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina
Nationality	Maltese

Archbishop Scicluna was born in Qormi on 3 August 1800. He was ordained as a priest in 1824, and 51 years later was consecrated as the Bishop of Malta by His Excellency Francesco Converti of the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria.^[2] He was also appointed as the Titular Archbishop of Rhodes. In 1880, Scicluna ordered that the traditional procession of Good Friday should be held on a Friday instead of Maundy Thursday.

Scicluna died on 12 July 1888, at the age of 87, after serving as Bishop of Malta for 13 years. His funeral took place in St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta and he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina. Large crowds gathered in the city to witness the event.^[3]