Charles Caruana
Charles Caruana ( born October 9, 1932 in Gibraltar, † October 1, 2010 ibid ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar.
Life
Charles Caruana spent the time of World War II in London and Northern Ireland, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers. He served as an officer in the public service and in 1953 and entered into the seminary. On 24 May 1959 he was ordained priest. His first pastoral assignment was that of a temporary priest in the Cathedral of Gibraltar. Six years later he was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Church. In 1975, he was the Bishop of Gibraltar, Edward Rapallo, was appointed administrator of the cathedral. Over 12 years he was a hospital chaplain at St. Bernard Hospital and more than 10 years in prison chaplain. Bishop Bernard Patrick Devlin appointed him Vicar General; Pope John Paul II appointed him as Monsignor.
1998 Charles Caruana was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar. He received his episcopal consecration on 24 May 1998, the Archbishop of Westminster in England, George Basil Cardinal Hume OSB; Co-consecrators were Michael George Bowen, Archbishop of Southwark in England, and his predecessor, Bernard Patrick Devlin. His motto was Sapientia et amor Dei.
He was Chaplain Commander ( CStJ ) of the Order of Saint John, as well as chaplain of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem. In 2008 he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to the Commander of the British Empire ( CBE). Its age-related resignation by Pope Benedict XVI was in March 2010. granted. In the same year he died from the effects of a fall in Gibraltar. He was buried in the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned of Gibraltar.
Charles Caruana also worked extensively with the Young Christian Workers Movement (Movimiento de Trabajadores Jóvenes Cristianos ). Along with Edward Rapallo, he founded the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement in Gibraltar ( Movimiento de Renovación Carismática Católica de Gibraltar).
Writings
- The rock under a cloud, Silent Books 1989, ISBN 978-1851830152
- History of Our Lady of Europe, Vatican Publishing House in 2009, ISBN 978-8820982195