Ambrose Agius

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Ambrose Agius

OSB
Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines,
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed24 August 1904
Term ended13 December 1911
PredecessorJules-Basile Kandelaft
SuccessorAntonino Sardi
Orders
Ordination16 October 1881
Consecration18 September 1904
by Rafael Merry del Val
Personal details
BornTancredi Alfred Agius
(1856-09-17)17 September 1856
Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire
Died13 December 1911(1911-12-13) (aged 55)
Manila, Philippine Islands
Buried
Parents
  • Tancredi Agius
  • Saveria Sammut
Coat of arms

Ambrose Agius (born Tancredi Alfred Agius; 17 September 1856 – 13 December 1911) was a Maltese 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. In 1907, Agius was delegated to canonically crown the image of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila. He founded the first Benedictine monastery in Malta and consecrated the first Filipino bishop of the Catholic Church.

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