Dom Ambrose Agius
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His Excellency Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. |
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| Titular Archbishop of Palmyra | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Appointed | 3 September 1904 |
| Term ended | 13 December 1911 |
| Predecessor | Jules-Basile Kandelaft |
| Successor | Antonino Sardi |
| Other posts | Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines (1905-1911) |
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| Ordination | 16 October 1881 |
| Consecration | 18 September 1904 by Rafael Merry del Val |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Tancredi Alfred Agius |
| Born |
September 17, 1856 Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | December 13, 1911 (aged 55) Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States |
| Buried | Manila Cathedral, moved in 1945 to Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey, Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Maltese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Philippines |
| Parents | Tancredi Agius & Saveria Sammut |
Ambrose Agius, O.S.B., (September 17, 1856 – December 13, 1911) was a MalteseArchbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
A member of the Benedictine Order, Agius served under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIII and was appointed the Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines by Pope Pius X in 1904. Agius was delegated to canonically crown the image of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila in 1906. More prominently, he founded the first Benedictine monastery in Malta, and ordained the first Filipino bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
Agius was born on September 17, 1856, in the Egyptian city of Alexandria (then under the Ottoman Empire), the second son (third child) of a Maltese merchant named Tancredi Agius and his wife Saveria Sammut. Tancredi's children were:
Agius was baptized as Tancredi Alfred Agius at Saint Catherine's Cathedral in Alexandria on November 5, 1856. He returned with his family to Malta during his early years. Agius later attended the college operated by the monks of St Augustine's Abbey in Ramsgate Kent, England, where he was an outstanding student. After he had completed his studies in 1872, he felt called to join the monastic community of the abbey. At his first profession of monastic vows, he was given the religious name of Ambrose. On October 12, 1873, he professed his perpetual vows and was then sent by his abbot to Rome to complete his studies of Philosophy and Theology.
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