Baldassare Cagliares (c. 1575 – 4 August 1633) was a Maltese Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of Malta from 1615 until his death.
His Excellency Baldassare Cagliares O.S.Io.Hieros. | |
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| Bishop of Malta | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Malta |
| Appointed | 18 May 1615 |
| In office | 1615–1633 |
| Predecessor | Tomás Gargallo |
| Successor | Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1615 |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1575 |
| Died | 4 August 1633 |
| Nationality | Maltese |
Biography
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Baldassare Cagliares was born in Valletta in around 1575; this year is approximate and the exact day and month are not known.[1] His father was of Spanish descent and his mother was a Maltese from Rabat, Gozo.
Cagliares was appointed as Bishop of Malta by Pope Paul V in 1615, when he was 40 years old. Cagliares was a person who loved art and lived in a period when the church and state were competing to carry out the best works of art. He was also the only Maltese Bishop chosen to lead the Diocese of Malta when Malta was under the rule of the Order of St John between 1530 and 1798.[2]
During his episcopate, he built the Bishop's Palace in Valletta[3] and numerous residences in various localities around Malta such as in Żejtun, the Cittadella in Gozo and Buskett.[4] [5]
Cagliares also established a number of parishes such as that of Qrendi in 1618[6] and restored the parish of Dingli by appointing a rector for the local church of the village which was left without a priest for a number of years.[7]
Cagliares died on 4 August 1633 at the age of 58 after 18 years as bishop.
References
edit- ^ "Bishop Baldassare Cagliares, O.S.Io.Hieros. †". Catholic Herarchy. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis to Malta 2–3 April 2022" (PDF). Archdiocese of Malta. 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022.
- ^ Denaro, Victor F. (1961). "More houses in Valletta" (PDF). Melita Historica. 3 (2): 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2016.
- ^ Ciantar, Peter Paul (23 November 2011). "Neglected historical residence". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Caruana Dingli, Petra (2023). "Monte Cagliares: A Seventeenth-Century Country House, Chapel and Garden in Rabat". Vigilo. 59: 18–25.
- ^ "ST. MARY'S PARISH CHURCH – QRENDI". Qrendi Parish. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Dingli & its Parish". Dingli Parish Church. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
Further reading
edit- Bonnici, Alessandro (1969). "I vescovi di Malta Baldassare Cagliares (1615–1633) e Michele Balaguer (1635–1663)" (PDF). Melita Historica (in Italian). 5 (2). Malta Historical Society: 114–157. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2021.