Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata
Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata was a Maltese Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Senigallia from 1818 until his death in 1843.
Testaferrata was born in Valletta, Malta onApril 1757. He was ordained as a priest in 1802 at the age of 44. That year he was appointed titular Archbishop of Berytus and was consecrated to the episcopate by Cardinal Giuseppe Doria Pamphili on theof December 1802. In 1803, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland and served until 1815 when he was chosen as Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. He was elevated to Cardinal In Pectore in 1816 and made CardinalPriest of Santa Pudenziana in 1818 and was the first ever Maltese to receive that title. That same year, on April 6, he was appointed as the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Senigallia in Italy. Testaferrata participated in various conclaves that elected the Pope including the conclave of 1823, which elected Pope Leo XII, 1829, which elected Pope Pius VIII and the conclave of 18301831, which elected Pope Gregory XVI. He died onAugust 1843 and was buried in the Cathedral of Senigallia.
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