Diocese of

Gibraltar ๐–

Gibraltar Gibraltar

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gibraltar / Gibilterra (Italiano) / Gibraltarien(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Europe, St. Bernard

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.06.24 โ€“ ...):Bishop Carmelo Zammit (74)Bishop Carmelo Zammit (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gibraltar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carmelo Zammit (74)Bishop Carmelo Zammit (74)
(2016.06.24 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Domine miserere nostri

Born:1949.12.19 (Gudja, Malta)
Ordained Priest:1974.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:2016.09.08

Priest of Malta (Malta) (1974.07.20 โ€“ 2016.06.24)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (2016.06.24 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (71)Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.07 โ€“ 2016.06.24)

Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (71)Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (71)
(2010.03.18 โ€“ 2014.05.20)

Bishop of Hallam (England)

Apud eum redemptio

Born:1953.03.03 (Sunderland, England)
Ordained Priest:1976.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:2010.07.10

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (2010.03.18 โ€“ 2014.05.20)

Bishop of Hallam (England) (2014.05.20 โ€“ ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (2014.07 โ€“ 2016.06.24)

Bishop Charles Caruana
(1998.02.14 โ€“ 2010.03.18)

Sapientia et amor Dei

Born:1932.10.09 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:1959.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1998.05.24
Died:2010.10.01 (โ€  77)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1998.02.14 โ€“ 2010.03.18)

Bishop Bernard Patrick Devlin
(1984.10.20 โ€“ 1998.02.14)

Born:1921.03.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1945.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:1985.01.06
Died:2010.12.15 (โ€  89)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1984.10.20 โ€“ 1998.02.14)

Bishop Edward Rapallo
(1973.07.05 โ€“ 1984.02.06)

Super hanc petram

Born:1914.03.19 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:1937.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:1973.10.07
Died:1984.02.06 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1973.07.05 โ€“ 1984.02.06)

Bishop John Farmer Healy
(1956.07.18 โ€“ 1973.02.17)

Born:1900.12.03 (Jamaica)
Ordained Priest:1927.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1956.10.11
Died:1973.02.17 (โ€  72)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1956.07.18 โ€“ 1973.02.17)

Bishop Richard Joseph Fitzgerald
(1927.05.25 โ€“ 1956.02.15)

Born:1881.08.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1905.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1927.10.09
Died:1956.02.15 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1927.05.25 โ€“ 1956.02.15)

Bishop Henry Gregory Thompson, O.S.B.
(1910.11.10 โ€“ 1927.05.25)

Born:1871.03.27 (England)
Ordained Priest:1902.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:1910.12.21
Died:1942.10.27 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1910.11.10 โ€“ 1927.05.25)

Titular Bishop of Mundinitza (1927.07.15 โ€“ 1942.10.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Gibraltar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B.
(1901.07.29 โ€“ 1910.04.15)

Born:1836.09.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1861.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1903.11.10
Died:1910.04.15 (โ€  73)

Titular Bishop of Theodosiopolis (1901.07.29 โ€“ 1910.04.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1901.07.29 โ€“ 1910.04.15)

Bishop James Bellord
(1899.02.05 โ€“ 1901.07.29)

Born:1846.02.26 (England)
Consecrated Bishop:1899.05.01
Died:1905.06.11 (โ€  59)

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1899.02.05 โ€“ 1901.07.29)

Titular Bishop of Milevum (1899.02.05 โ€“ 1905.06.11)

Bishop Gonzalo Canilla
(1881.03.08 โ€“ 1898.10.18)

Born:1846.05.24 (Gibraltar)
Consecrated Bishop:1881.06.12
Died:1898.10.18 (โ€  52)

Titular Bishop of Lystra (1881.03.08 โ€“ 1898.10.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1881.03.08 โ€“ 1898.10.18)

Bishop John Baptist Scandella
(1857.04.28 โ€“ 1880.08.27)

Born:1821.09.10 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:1845.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1857.11.30
Died:1880.08.27 (โ€  58)

Titular Bishop of Antinล“ (1857.04.28 โ€“ 1880.08.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1857.04.28 โ€“ 1880.08.27)

Bishop Henry Hughes, O.F.M.
(1839.03.15 โ€“ 1856)

Born:1788.06.26 (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1841.03.26
Died:1860.10.12 (โ€  72)

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1839.03.15 โ€“ 1856)

Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica (1839.03.15 โ€“ 1860.10.12)

Msgr. John Baptist Nosardy Zino
(1816.01.25 โ€“ 1839)

Died:1839

Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar (Gibraltar) (1816.01.25 โ€“ 1839)

Special Churches

Churches by City (8)

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Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6 kmยฒ

Population: 27,000 Catholics (79.4% of 34,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 8 priests (diocesan), 1 religious (1 sister)

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

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