The programme has been announced by the Curia for the Episcopal Ordination which takes place tomorrow morning at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, of Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta.
8:30 am. Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. arrives at the Parish church of Lija for a moment of prayer. The Archbishop will then join Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna for the cortege to Valletta. The cortege will travel via: Lija, Birkirkara (Naxxar Road, Valley Road, Fleur-de-lys), Fleur-de-lys, St. Venera, Hamrun (St. Joseph Street).
8:50 am The cortege will stop near Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Chapel, Blata l-Bajda, where the Archbishop and Mgr. Scicluna will stop for a moment of prayer before the holy relics of St George Preca.
9:05am The cortege will leave for Valletta, travelling along Republic Street to St John’s Co-Cathedral.
9:15am The crtege arrives at the Co-Cathedral.
9:20am. Arrival of the Prime Minister Dr Lawrence Gonzi and Mrs Gonzi.
9:25am. Arrival of the President of the Republic Dr. George Abela and Mrs Abela.
9.30am The Pontifical Mass of the Episcopal Ordination of Mons. Charles J. Scicluna commences. Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be the Principal Consecrator, while Mons. Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo and Mgr. Joseph Mercieca, Archbishop Emeritus, will be the assisting Consecrating Bishops.
The ecclesiastical dignitaries attending the Episcopal Ordination are as follows:
H.E. Cardinal Prospero Grech
H.E. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor
H.G. Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller
H.G. Archbishop Tommaso Caputo
H.G. Archbishop Luis F. Ladaria Ferrier
H.G. Archbishop Joseph Augustine di Noia
H.G. Archbishop Arthur Roche
H.G. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
H. L. Bishop Robert Deeley
H. L. Bishop Silvestru Magro.
Photographs – Photocity Valletta.