Sacred Heart Minor Seminary Gozitan Diocese

A local Gozitan Hero On the 30th October 1798, Cassar Saverio Cassar petitioned for establishing as A Maltese Priest and Patriot a separate diocese, via a written letter to King Ferdinand III. during the French Revolution

However, despite the turbulence and political issues, the Maltese

Congress of disapproved of

Saverio Cassar and replaced him with as the Born: 29th December 1746

Governer of Gozo. Therefore, the Died: 16th December 1805 petition was declined since the Place of burial: Cathedral of the Maltese Islands were reigned by Assumption, Gozo, Victoria the British, on the 5th September

1800. Diocese: Roman Catholic Archdiocese

of

Ordination: 30th March 1771 Who is Revolt’s Leader surrendered to the British on the 28th and 29th October, and the British Saverio Cassar? In 1798, Bonaparte was handed over the island to Cassar. Saverio Cassar was born in commissioned by the French government He subsequently ruled Gozo as an Ghajnsielem, Gozo on the 29th to invade Malta and Gozo. The dissent independent state, recognizing December 1746, son of Mikiel and against the French increased rapidly and Ferdinand III of Sicily as King. Maruzza. He was deceased on the by the 2nd September 1798, the first However, on the 19th August 1801, 16th December 1805. He studied in Maltese uprising commenced and he was dismissed from this position Rome where he obtained his Gozitans followed suit. due to the belief that he was befriend- doctorate in Theology. and was During the rebellion against the French, on ing and becoming more loyal to the appointed a priest on the 30th March the 4th September 1798, Saverio Cassar King of Sicily and the British were 1771. He was nominated archpriest was appointed Head of the Government terrified that he might betray them. of the Gozo Matrice in 1773 when he and Superintendent of the Island of Gozo was still 26 years old. He then and Comino. The Gozitans initially fought became Provicar independently but later on were assisted of Gozo in by the British fleet. The French garrisons January 1775. hidden at the Citadelle and