Bishop Emeritus Nikol Cauchi has been transferred to Mater Dei Hospital after having suffered cardiac problems yesterday.

The 81-year-old former Bishop of Gozo was hospitalised yesterday evening and was in a critical but stable condition.

He was treated in the cardiac unit of the Gozo General Hospital before being flown to Mater Dei Hospital this morning.

Bishop Mgr Mario Grech was among those who visited him yesterday and urged the faithful to pray for him.

Mgr Cauchi's family has asked for his privacy to be respected.

Mgr Cauchi was born at the family home in Gharb on March 2, 1929.

After his ordination in 1952, he studied sociology and philosophy in Rome before being appointed parish priest in Fontana. He was named as the Apostolic Administrator for Gozo in 1967 and was thus effectively in charge of the diocese - before taking over as Bishop of Gozo from the ailing Bishop Joseph Pace in 1972.

He held the position until stepping down in January 2006 and since then has kept his hands full with writing, teaching and broadcasting.

See interview with Mgr Cauchi at

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090301/interview/man-of-distinctions

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