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Paul Cremona
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Paul Cremona, O.P. (born 25 January 1946) (Maltese: Pawl Cremona) was the Archbishop of Malta from 2007 to 2014. He is also a Dominican friar.
Cremona was born in Valletta on 25 January 1946 to Joseph and Josephine (née Cauchi) Cremona. He has two siblings: an elder brother and a younger sister. He attended the Montesseori School in Valletta and the Lyceum in Ħamrun.
In September 1962, Cremona 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 22 March 1969. After his ordination, he studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum and earned his doctorate in sacred theology (STD) in 1973 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, and held that position from 1974 to 1980 and from 1997 to 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).
Cremona was appointed the eleventh Archbishop of Malta on 2 December 2006. He received his episcopal consecration on 26 January 2007 at the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Valletta from the retiring Archbishop of Malta, Joseph Mercieca, assisted by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto, and Bishop George Frendo, Cremona's former schoolmate.
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