{{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend <!---- His Excellency, The Most Reverend ----> | name = Ivan Philip Camilleri | title = Titular Bishop of Teglata in Numidia<br>Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Toronto | see = | appointed = November 28, 2020 | enthroned = | ended = | predecessor = | opposed = | successor = | other_post = | ordination = May 12, 2007 | ordained_by = Thomas Christopher Collins | consecration = January 26, 2021 | consecrated_by = Thomas Christopher Collins | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = | previous_post = | motto = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|18}} | birth_place = Sliema, Malta | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | religion = Roman Catholicism | residence = | parents = | alma_mater = Laurentian University<br>Edinburgh Business School<br>St. Augustine's Seminary<br>The Catholic University of America | signature = | coat_of_arms = 140px }} {{Ordination | denomination = Roman Catholic | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = Thomas Christopher Collins | date of priestly ordination = May 12, 2007 | place of priestly ordination = St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, Toronto, Ontario | consecrated by = Thomas Christopher Collins | co-consecrators = John Boissoneau and Vincent Nguyen | date of consecration = January 26, 2021 | place of consecration = St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica, Toronto, Ontario | elevated by = | date of elevation = | sources = <ref name="HSPO">{{cite web|title=Resignations and Appointments|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/11/28/0616/01443.html|date=November 28, 2020|accessdate=November 29, 2020|work=Holy See Press Office|publisher=Holy See}} {{in lang|it}}</ref><ref name="ArchToro appt">{{cite news|title=Pope Francis Appoints Rev. Ivan Camilleri as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto|url=https://www.archtoronto.org/media-centre/news-archive/chancery-news/pope-francis-appoints-rev-ivan-camilleri-as-auxiliary-bishop-of-the-archdiocese-of-toronto|date=November 26, 2020|accessdate=November 29, 2020|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128165539/https://www.archtoronto.org/media-centre/news-archive/chancery-news/pope-francis-appoints-rev-ivan-camilleri-as-auxiliary-bishop-of-the-archdiocese-of-toronto|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=TMI>{{cite news|title=Former Bell Exec gets higher calling|url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2007-05-13/news/former-bell-exec-gets-higher-calling-173320/|date=May 13, 2007|accessdate=November 29, 2020|newspaper=The Malta Independent|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129225449/https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2007-05-13/news/former-bell-exec-gets-higher-calling-173320/|archivedate=November 29, 2020}}</ref> }} <!-- {{Infobox bishop styles To be hidden until consecration as Bishop | name = Ivan Camilleri | dipstyle = His Excellency<br>The Most Reverend | offstyle = Your Excellency | relstyle = Bishop | image = | image_size = 200px }} --> '''Ivan Philip Camilleri''' (born April 18, 1969) is a Maltese-Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto, having been appointed to the position in 2020. Before becoming a priest, he worked at Bell Canada Enterprises as an associate director of finance, and at Nortel and Marconi Canada.
==Early life, education, and career== Camilleri was born in Sliema, Malta, on April 18, 1969.<ref name="HSPO"/><ref name="ArchToro appt"/> His family moved to Canada in 1980,<ref name="ArchToro appt"/> when he was eleven, and he attended Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga.<ref name="HSPO"/> Camilleri went on to study at Laurentian University, obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce in 1991. Two years later, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School.<ref name="HSPO"/>
He subsequently worked at Bell Canada Enterprises, Nortel, and Marconi, in various management positions in finance. Beginning in 2001, he attended St. Augustine's Seminary in Scarborough.<ref name="HSPO"/> On May 12, 2007, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica by Thomas Christopher Collins, the Archbishop of Toronto at the time.<ref name=TMI/>
==Presbyteral ministry== Camilleri's first pastoral assignment was as associate pastor at Merciful Redeemer Parish in Mississauga.<ref name="HSPO"/><ref name="ArchToro appt"/> After serving there for two years, he undertook studies at The Catholic University of America's School of Canon Law in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Licentiate of Canon Law from that institution in 2011.<ref name="HSPO"/> Upon his return to Toronto, he was appointed as vice-chancellor, before being elevated to chancellor in 2012. He became vicar general of the Archdiocese and Moderator of its curia the following year.<ref name="HSPO"/> He also served as the defender of the bond<ref name="HSPO"/> and judge on the archdiocesan matrimonial court, as well as a sessional lecturer at St. Augustine's Seminary (his alma mater).<ref name="ArchToro appt"/>
==Episcopal ministry== Camilleri was appointed auxiliary bishop of Toronto and titular bishop of Teglata in Numidia on November 28, 2020.<ref name="HSPO"/> He was ordained to the episcopacy on January 25, 2021, the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto) with Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto as principal-consecrator and bishops John Boissoneau and Vincent Nguyen, auxiliary bishops of Toronto as co-consecrators.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop Ivan Philip Camilleri [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcamip.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> The episcopal ordination was only celebrated with ten-people present inside the Cathedral due to the restrictions in Ontario due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Episcopal Ordination was livestreamed, allowing the family of the bishops and the clergy and faithful to join in prayer in the ordination rites and Eucharistic celebration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archdiocese of Toronto|url=https://www.archtoronto.org/media-centre/news-archive/chancery-news/watch-the-episcopal-ordination-of-fr-ivan-camilleri--monday-january-25-at-2-pm|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.archtoronto.org|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014447/https://www.archtoronto.org/media-centre/news-archive/chancery-news/watch-the-episcopal-ordination-of-fr-ivan-camilleri--monday-january-25-at-2-pm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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== External links == {{wikiquote}}
{{Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Toronto|state=collapsed}} {{portal bar|Biography|Catholicism|Malta|Ontario}}
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