Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano (2020–present)
Orders
Ordination
22 May 1984 by Nikol Joseph Cauchi
Consecration
22 January 2006 by Nikol Joseph Cauchi
Created cardinal
28 November 2020 by Francis
Rank
Cardinal deacon
Personal details
Born
Mario Grech
(1957-02-20) 20 February 1957 (age 67)
Qala, Malta
Nationality
Maltese
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Parents
George and Stella Grech
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Gozo (2005–2019)
President of the Maltese Episcopal Conference (2013–2016)
Apostolic Administrator of Gozo (2019–2020)
Alma mater
Pontifical Lateran University Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto
In fractione panis
Coat of arms
Styles of Mario Grech
Reference style
The Most Reverend Eminence His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
Mario Grech (born 20 February 1957) is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019. He was Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from October 2019 until he became Secretary General in September 2020.
Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 2020.
MarioGrech (born 20 February 1957) is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Gozo from 2005 to 2019. He was Pro-Secretary General...
politician MarioGrech (born 1947), Maltese bishop, cardinal and Vatican official Martin Grech (born 1982), English musician Prosper Grech (1925–2019)...
women were allowed to vote at any Catholic Synod of Bishops. Cardinal MarioGrech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said that the synod was not...
Grech was consecrated a bishop on 8 February 2012 by Paul Cremona, Archbishop of Malta, assisted by Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi, and MarioGrech, Bishop...
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Pope Francis appointed MarioGrech Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops on 2 October 2019 to serve...
the trigeminal nerve. On 2 December of the same year, Maltese cardinal MarioGrech announced to Vatican News that Benedict had difficulty speaking and that...
Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020. "Grech Card. Mario". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 29 November...
On 28 January 2006 the prison was visited by the new bishop of Gozo MarioGrech. In 2011 there were 593 prisoners out of 444 places available and they...
nerve, but stated that his condition was not serious. Maltese cardinal MarioGrech reported to Vatican News on 2 December 2020 that Benedict was enduring...
from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016. Zenari, Mario (30 May 2017). "Cardinal Zenari on Syria's Civil War: 'The Children Are...
of Pisa. His successor to the administration of the diocese was Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata, titular Bishop of Chalcedon, a native of Malta, who...
over its 2022 plenary assembly in Namibia. On 15 March 2023, Cardinal MarioGrech named him to the six-member preparatory commission for the next Synod...
September 2020 Predecessor MarioGrech Orders Ordination 25 June 1988 by Nikol Ġużeppi Cauchi Consecration 21 August 2020 by MarioGrech Charles Scicluna (co-consecrator)...
September 2013) Lorenzo Baldisseri (21 September 2013 – 15 September 2020) MarioGrech (15 September 2020 – present) The pope convokes the Synod of Bishops;...
following consultation with the College of Consultors and the Bishop of Gozo MarioGrech. The curia were concerned over Caruana receiving monetary gain from his...
co-consecrators were Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca and Bishop MarioGrech of Gozo.[citation needed] In his Christmas sermon the next year, Scicluna...
from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018. "Grech Card. Mario". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 29 November...
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