Paolo Rosario Farrugia


Paolo Rosario Farrugia was a Maltese prelate who became the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta in 1907.

Ruzar Farrugia was born in Xagra, Gozo, Malta onAugust 1836. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Malta onDecember 1859 at the age of 23. Forty eight years later Pope Pius X appointed Farrugia as the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta in order to assist Bishop Pietro Pace. He was given the titular see of Hamatha. Farrugia was consecrated by the Spanish cardinal Rafael Merry del Val onJuly 1907. In December of the same year Bishop Farrugia died after only five months as bishop at the age of 71.

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