Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has recently appointed Mgr Joseph Bajada to be the President of the Metropolitan Chapter for the next three years after he was elected to this post by the members of the said Chapter, while Mgr Anton Gouder was reconfirmed as Vice-President. The other elected officials of the Chapter are Mgr Hector Scerri, who is the Chancellor of the Chapter, and Mgr Salvino Micallef, Administrator. These four monsignors are, respectively, the Archdeacon, the Dean, the Precentor and the Treasurer of the Chapter.
The Metropolitan Chapter was founded more than seven centuries ago, in the mediaeval era, and is currently composed of 30 canons who bear the title of Monsignor. The scope of the Chapter is that of offering liturgical and pastoral service at St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina, and, for the last two hundred years, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, too.
