Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata

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Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata
Cardinal Bishop of Senigallia
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Cardinal Sceberras Testaferrata
Church Roman Catholic
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Senigallia
Installed6 April 1818
Term ended3 August 1843
Predecessor Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga
Successor Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
Previous post(s)Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1803-1815)
Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1815-1818)
Orders
Ordination1802
Consecration21 December 1802
Created cardinal1818
by Pope Pius VII
RankCardinal
Personal details
Born(1757-04-01)1 April 1757
Birgu, Malta
Died3 August 1843(1843-08-03) (aged 86)
Senigallia, Italy
Buried Senigallia Cathedral
NationalityFlag of Malta.svg  Maltese
ParentsPasquale Sceberras Testaferrata
Lucrezia Dorell

Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata (1 April 1757 - 3 August 1843) was a native of Malta and a bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Senigallia from 1818 until his death in 1843.

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Biography

Testaferrata was born to a noble family in Valletta, Malta, on 1 April 1757. [1] The date of his ordination is unknown, but he was ordained at the Collegio Clementino in Rome before being named a canon of Malta's cathedral in 1776. [1] Popes Pius VI and Pius VII assigned him positions of increasing responsibility as administrator of ecclesiastical territories in Italy. [1]

On 20 September 1802, Pope Pius VII appointed him titular archbishop of Berytus. Testaferrata was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Giuseppe Doria Pamphili on 21 December 1802. In 1803, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland. In 1815 he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars.

Pope Pius VII made him a cardinal in pectore, that is, without public announcement, in 1816 and then on 6 April 1818 named him Cardinal Priest of Santa Pudenziana. [1] He was the first Maltese to become a member of the College of Cardinals. [2] That same day he was appointed Bishop of Senigallia, Italy. [1]

Testaferrata participated in the conclaves that elected Pope Leo XII in 1823, Pope Pius VIII in 1829, and Pope Gregory XVI in 1830–31. [3]

He died on 3 August 1843 and was buried in the Cathedral of Senigallia. [1]

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References

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  3. ↑ Cassar, Peter (20 April 2005). "Maltese cardinal in past conclaves". The Times of Malta . Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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