On the occasion of the consecration of the new Archbishop of Malta Mgr Paul Cremona OP, the two Franciscan bishops of Libya are in Malta to be present for this unique event.

Mgr Sylvester Magro OFM bishop of Benghazi has already arrived in Malta for the prayer Vigil that is going to be held this evening at the Cathedral of Imdina, and tomorrow Mgr Giovanni Martinelli, bishop of Tripoli, is going to be among the bishops who are going to be present at St. John Co-cathedral in Valletta. Both Bishops have been invited by the organizing committee for the episcopal Consecration.