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His Excellency Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. | |
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| Titular Archbishop of Palmyra | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Appointed | 3 September 1904 |
| Term ended | 13 December 1911 |
| Predecessor | Jules-Basile Kandelaft |
| Successor | Antonino Sardi |
| Other post(s) | Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines (1905-1911) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 October 1881 |
| Consecration | 18 September 1904 by Rafael Merry del Val |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tancredi Alfred Agius September 17, 1856 |
| Died | December 13, 1911 (aged 55) Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States |
| Buried | Manila Cathedral, 1911 — 1945 Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey, Manila (1945 — present) |
| Nationality | Maltese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Philippines |
| Parents | Tancredi Agius & Saveria Sammut |
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Ambrose Agius, O.S.B. (17 September 1856 – 13 December 1911) was a Maltese[1] Archbishop of the Catholic Church.
A member of the Benedictine Order, Agius was appointed the Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines by Pope Pius X in 1904. Agius was delegated to canonically crown the image of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila in 1907. He founded the first Benedictine monastery in Malta, and consecrated the first Filipino bishop in the Catholic Church.
- ^ "Father Ambrose Agius to Succeed the Late Archbishop Guidi" (PDF). The New York Times. 25 August 1904. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.