Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

Titular Bishop of Saldae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1941		Born
12 Oct 1957	16.6	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
13 Oct 1958	17.6	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
18 Mar 1962	21.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
26 Mar 1966	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
10 Mar 1997	56.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
10 Mar 1997	56.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Saldae
11 May 1997	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Saldae
14 Feb 2016	75.0	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
20 Jan 2018	76.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya

MicroData Summary for Sylvester Carmel Magro
(WikiData: Q2374059)
Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro O.F.M. (born 14 Feb 1941, died 20 Jan 2018) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi

Ad Limina - June 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Rabat, Archdiocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop Saint John, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place Mater Dei, Hospital, Msida, Archdiocese of Malta

a priest for 51.8 years
a bishop for 20.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †
Titular Archbishop of Zaraï
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Mercieca †
Archbishop of Malta
Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Tabuda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † (1983)
Titular Archbishop of Zaraï
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rabat, Archdiocese of Malta
Ordained Bishop	Saint John, Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place	Mater Dei, Hospital, Msida, Archdiocese of Malta

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,998
r: CB, 14 Feb 2016
d: CB, 20 Jan 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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