{"id":20824,"date":"2016-11-17T12:57:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=18899"},"modified":"2016-11-17T12:57:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:57:25","slug":"congratulations-mgr-george-frendo-new-archbishop-of-tirene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/11\/17\/congratulations-mgr-george-frendo-new-archbishop-of-tirene\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Mgr George  Frendo, new Archbishop of Tirana &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Congratulations <\/strong><strong>Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<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.<\/p>\n<p>We pray to God and Our Lady to guide\u00a0 Mgr Frendo in his new mission as Archbishop of Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>George Frendo was born in Qormi Malta on 4 April \u00a01946. 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 Gwardaman\u0121a.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Frendo as the Auxiliary Bishop of Tiran\u00eb-Durr\u00ebs in Albania with the titular see of Buthrotum. He was consecrated on 23 September 2006 by Rrok Kola Mirdita the Archbishop of Tiran\u00eb-Durr\u00ebs and co-consecrated by the Apostolic Nuncio John Bulaitis and Archbishop Joseph Mercieca of Malta.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. &nbsp; 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. 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