Congratulations Mgr George Frendo, new Archbishop of Tirana – ACN Malta

Congratulations Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P.

The National Director of Aid to the Church in Need (Malta), the staff, benefactors and friends would like to congratulate Mgr George Frendo on his consecration as Archbishop of Tirana.

We pray to God and Our Lady to guide  Mgr Frendo in his new mission as Archbishop of Tirana.

George Frendo was born in Qormi Malta on 4 April  1946. In 1963, Frendo started his studies for the priesthood and was ordained as a priest by Emanuele Gerada on 2 April 1969. Frendo served 8 years as the parish priest of Gwardamanġa.

In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Frendo as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tiranë-Durrës in Albania with the titular see of Buthrotum. He was consecrated on 23 September 2006 by Rrok Kola Mirdita the Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës and co-consecrated by the Apostolic Nuncio John Bulaitis and Archbishop Joseph Mercieca of Malta.

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