Paul Cremona
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His Excellency Pawl Cremona O.P. |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Malta | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Malta |
| In office | 2007-2014 (early retirement) |
| Predecessor | Joseph Mercieca |
| Successor | Charles Scicluna |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 22 March 1969 |
| Consecration | 26 January 2007 by Joseph Mercieca |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 25, 1946 Valletta |
| Nationality |
 Maltese
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| Previous post | Parish priest, Sliema |
| Alma mater | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| Motto | Ħejju T-Triq Għall-Mulej |
| Coat of arms |  |
Paul Cremona O.P. (born 1 January 1946) is the Archbishop Emeritus of Malta and a Dominican friar. In Maltese, his full name and style is Monsinjur Patri Pawl Cremona. He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Archbishop of Malta on 26 January 2007, the day after his 61st birthday. He resigned as Archbishop on October 18, 2014.
Paul Cremona was born in Valletta on 25 January 1946 to Joseph and Josephine (née Cauchi). He has two siblings: an elder brother and a younger sister. Cremona was educated at the Montesseori School in Valletta and at the Lyceum in Ħamrun.
In September 1962 he joined the Dominican Order, and was professed on 29 September 1963. He studied philosophy and theology at the College of St Thomas Aquinas located at the Dominican priory at Rabat. Cremona was ordained as priest on March 22, 1969.
After his ordination, Cremona was sent to Rome for higher studies in Moral Theology. He is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum where in 1973 he obtained a doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) with a thesis entitled The Concept of Peace in Pope John XXIII.
Cremona was elected Prior of Our Lady of the Grotto, Rabat in 1974, a position he held twice from: 1974-1980 and 1997-2003. He was Dominican Prior Provincial of Malta from 1981 to 1989.
In 1989 Cremona was appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Gwardamanġa, Pietà where he served until 1993; he then became responsible for the formation of Dominican novices and students at Rabat, an office he again held between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, Cremona become parish priest of Jesus of Nazareth in Sliema.
Cremona held other offices in the Archdiocese of Malta, including Archbishop's Delegate for Consecrated Life, assistant spiritual director at the Seminary at Tal-Virtù, Rabat, member of the Presbyterial Council, and president of the Council of Maltese Religious Major Superiors (KSMR). In 2007 as Archbishop, Cremona was appointed Grand Prior (for Malta) of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem with the rank of Knight Grand Officer.
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