Robert Camilleri Azzopardi
Robert Camilleri Azzopardi O.F.M. (24 April 1951 – 17 October 2023) was a Maltese Roman Catholic prelate who was the bishop of the Diocese of Comayagua in Honduras from 2004 until his death in 2023.
Robert Camilleri Azzopardi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Comayagua | |
| Metropolis | Tegucigalpa |
| Appointed | 21 May 2004 |
| Installed | 24 July 2004 |
| Term ended | 17 October 2023 |
| Predecessor | Geraldo Scarpone Caporale |
| Successor | Sede Vacante |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1975 by Pope Paul VI |
| Consecration | 15 August 2001 by Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 April 1951 |
| Died | 17 October 2023 (aged 72) Comayagua, Honduras |
| Nationality | Maltese |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa and Titular Bishop of Vagada (2001–2004) |
Biography
Robert Camilleri Azzopardi was born in Ħamrun, Crown Colony of Malta on 24 April 1951, to John Camilleri and Marianne Azzopardi. He was the fifth in a family of six other brothers and three sisters. He became a Franciscan and was ordained on 29 June 1975 by Pope Paul VI in Rome.[1] When back in Malta he became the master of novices for three years and then departed as a missionary to Honduras. In Honduras he became the parish priest of La Libertad for 10 years when he was transferred to El Calvario in Comayagüela in 1992.[2]
On 26 July 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa and Titular Bishop of Vagada. He was consecrated on the feast of the Assumption in the Basilica of Nuestra Senora de Suyapa by Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga. In 2004, he was appointed to the Diocese of Comayagua. He was installed as the third bishop on 24 July 2004.
In June 2022, he was elected to a three-year term as president of the Episcopal Conference of Honduras.[3]
Camilleri Azzopardi died from a heart attack on 17 October 2023, at the age of 72.[4]
See also
References
- "Bishop Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M.". Retrieved on 8 March 2014.
- " Mons. Robert Camilleri of new Auxiliary Bishop in Honduras". Retrieved on 8 March 2014.
- "Conozca cómo queda conformada la C.E.H para los próximos tres años" (in Spanish). Suyapa Medios. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- Muere Roberto Camilleri, presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal (in Spanish)