Emanuel Barbara

Emanuel Barbara OFM Cap (27 October 1949 – 5 January 2018) was a Maltese bishop who served as the Bishop of Malindi in Kenya.

His Excellency Emanuel Barbara O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop of Malindi
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Malindi
Appointed	9 July 2011
Installed	1 October 2011
Predecessor	Francis Baldacchino
Orders
Ordination	20 July 1974
Consecration	9 July 2011 by John Cardinal Njue
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-27)27 October 1949 Gzira, Malta
Died	5 January 2018(2018-01-05) (aged 68)
Nationality	Maltese

Styles of Emanuel Barbara
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Barbara was born in Gzira Malta on 27 October 1949. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and took his solemn profession on 26 September 1966.^[1] In 1973 he was ordained to the diaconate and a year later on July 20 he was ordained as a priest. Until 2008 he served as a priest in the Diocese of Malindi. He also served as Provincial Minister of the Maltese Capuchin Province.^[2] In 2011 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Malindi in Kenya and on 1 October 2011 he was consecrated by Cardinal John Njue. On 1 November 2013 Barbara was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Mombasa after the see fell vacant because of the resignation of Archbishop Boniface Lele.^[3]