Archbishop del Blanco Prieto, until now nuncio in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, was born in Morgovejo, Spain, in 1937. He was consecrated bishop in 1991.
About 91% of Malta’s roughly 400,000 people are Catholic.
New Apostolic Nuncio Named for Malta
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 6, 2003 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II appointed Archbishop Felix del Blanco Prieto as apostolic nuncio in Malta, to replace Archbishop Luigi Conti, who stepped down for reasons of age.
