Tomás Gargal

Tomás Gargal OSIo.Hieros. , also Tomaso Gargallo , (* 1536 in Catalonia , Spain , † June 10, 1614 ) was a Catalan clergyman and bishop of Malta .

Tomás Gargal was a member of the Order of Malta . He was on August 11, 1578 by Pope Gregory XIII. appointed Bishop of Malta , the episcopal ordination took place in Palermo .

As a bishop he ruled with violence and terror that no one dared to contradict him. Eventually the Inquisition stepped in and the Inquisitor Federico Cefalotto removed him from office in 1582 because of his unyielding rule and financial irregularities. However, the Roman Curia lifted the suspension and in June 1586 Bishop Gargallo returned to Malta.

During his tenure in 1592 he founded the Collegium Mellitense , now the University of Malta . He welcomed the newly established Jesuit Congregation to Malta .

literature

Alexander Bonnici, Michael J. Schiavone: Minn Publju sa Pawlu. L-isqfijiet ta 'Malta, ta' Ghawdex, u isqfijiet ohra Maltin . Publikazzjonijiet Indipendenza, Malta 2007, OCLC 254299827 , p. 11 (Maltese).

Web links

Entry on Tomás Gargal on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Emanuel Buttigieg: Nobility, Faith and Masculinity. The Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c.1580-c.1700 . A&C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4411-0243-0 , pp. 148 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Martín Rojas de Portalrubio	Bishop of Malta 1578–1614	Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa

personal data
SURNAME	Gargal, Tomás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gargallo, Tomaso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan religious, Bishop of Malta
DATE OF BIRTH	1536
PLACE OF BIRTH	Catalonia , Spain
DATE OF DEATH	June 10, 1614

[1] Emanuel Buttigieg: Nobility, Faith and Masculinity. The Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c.1580-c.1700 . A&C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4411-0243-0 , pp. 148 .