OBITUARIES OF DISCACLED CARMELITES FRIARS
OF MALTESE NATIONALITY OR WHO DIED IN MALTA
(from 1634)
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Remarks |
| Fr. Paul Baptist of St Peter Pietro Paolo Manduca |
Malta 16 century |
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| Fr. Giles of St Michael | Gaul c1607 |
Cospicua 1634 |
The first Discalced Carmelite friar to die in Malta. |
| Fr. Joseph Mary of Jesus | Florence c1595 |
Cospicua 1637 |
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| Br. Peter Francis of Jesus lay or clerical brother |
Sicily c1614 |
Cospicua 1637 |
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| Fr. John Climacus of St Joseph | Belgium c1607 |
Cospicua 1637 |
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| Fr. Elijah of St Mary | Spain c1619 |
Cospicua 1644 |
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| Fr. Joseph Mary of Jesus | Bilbili, Spain c1599 |
Cospicua 1644 |
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| Fr. Joseph Angelo of St Anthony |
Naples c1608 |
Cospicua 1648 |
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| Fr. Bartholomew of St Joseph |
France c1594 |
Cospicua 1652 |
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| Br. Jacob of St Bartholomew | Naples c1569 |
Cospicua 1662 |
One of the first founders of St. Teresa’s at Cospicua. He wrote a report on the foundation. |
| Fr. Cesario of St Bonaventure | France | Cospicua 1662 |
Prior at St Teresa’s after many years in the Dutch mission. Consultor to the Inquisition. |
| Fr. Adolphe of St Joseph | Colonese c1625 |
Cospicua 1665 |
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| Br. Joseph of the Imm. Conception |
Rome c1597 |
Cospicua 1667 |
First companion of Fr Alexius in the founding of St Teresa’s. He died in the odour of sanctity. |
| Fr. Francis of St Peter | Portugal | Cospicua 1668 |
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| Fr. Angelo Francis of St Teresa |
Parma (Gaul) c1632 |
Cospicua 1668 |
Died as Prior of St. Teresa’s. According to other Registers, he was born in Lombardy. |
| Fr. Aurelio of the Bl. Sacrament |
Corsica c1632 |
Cospicua 1676 |
Struck by plague, as he was taking care of the inflicted. |
| Br. Simon of the Imm. Conception clerical or lay brother |
Palermo c1652 |
Cospicua 1676 |
Struck by plague, and buried under the bastions of Victoriosa. |
| Fr. Aloysius of St Ursula Pietro Ropellio |
Malta 1689? |
Cospicua 1676 |
Struck by plague. |
| Br. Melchior of St Bernard clerical or lay brother |
France c1653 |
Cospicua 1676 |
Struck by plague, like the three preseeding friars. |
| Fr. John Mary of St Joseph | France | Cospicua 1680 |
Died 4 days of his arrival in Malta. |
| Br. Joseph of St. Francis Andrea Sant |
Żebbuġ c1634 |
Cospicua 1694 |
Other registers retain his religiious name to be “of St Athanasia”. |
| Fr. Michael Archangel of St Nicholas of Bari |
“foreigner” | Cospicua 1699 |
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| Fr. Sebastian of St Philip | Bavaria | Cospicua 1705 |
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| Fr. Michaelangelo of St Margaret |
Malta 1637 |
Cospicua 1710 |
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| Fr. Joseph Angelo of St Augustine |
RS- Ruma Ä‹1641 |
Cospicua 1712 |
Other registers claim his name to be “John Angelo”, and died in 1711. |
| Fr. Cherubim of Jesus | Genoa c1655 |
Cospicua 1715 |
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| Br.Sigismond of the Imm. Conception clerical brother |
Lombardy c1689 |
Cospicua 1717 |
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| Fr. John Baptist of St Simon |
Parma (Gaul) c1637 |
Cospicua 1722 |
Other registers claim he hails from Lombardy and was never ordained a priest. |
| Fr. John Bernard of Jesus Mary |
Malta c1662 |
Cospicua 1726 |
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| Fr. Gerald of St Clemens | Malta c1657 |
Cospicua 1729 |
Member of the Avignon Province. |
| Fr. Cyril of St Paul | Malta c1654? |
Cospicua 1733 |
Professed in the Province of Naples in c1674. |
| Br. John M. of the Bl. Sacrament |
Malta c1670 |
Cospicua 1735 |
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| Br. Francis Anthony of St Blase |
Novariae c1676 |
Cospicua 1735 |
Born in Lombardy? |
| Deacon Celsius of the Holy Trinity |
Milan c1713 |
Cospicua 1737 |
From the Patrici family of Milan. |
| Fr. Placido of the Purification | Malta c1659 |
Cospicua 1740 |
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| Fr. Lawrence M. of St Agnes | Franza c1682 |
Cospicua 1745 |
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| Jerome of St Gervasius Giuseppe Andrea —- Priest or laybrother |
Albergae 1659/1688? |
Cospicua 1749 |
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| Fr. Hippolytus of St Lawrence Lorenzo Brunet |
Malta c1665 |
Cospicua 1750 |
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| Fr. Boniface of the Child Jesus |
Malta c1706 |
Basrah 1751 |
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| Br. Francis of St Anthony | Malta c1687 |
Cospicua 1752 |
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| Fr. Onophrius of St James Bernardo Rosselli |
Valletta 1685 |
Cospicua 1758 |
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| Br. Angelo of St Anne lay or clerical brother |
Avetinus 1695 |
Cospicua 1759 |
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| Fr. Charles Raymond of St Joseph Nicola Grech |
Senglea 1700/1701 |
Ancona 1760 |
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| Br. John of St Matthew lay or clerical brother |
“foreigner” 1720 |
Cospicua 1770 |
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| Fr. John Prospero of the Gaurdian Angel Bernardino Bartolomeo Arnaud |
Malta c1719 |
Cospicua 1781 |
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| Br. Nicholas of St Teresa lay or clerical brother |
Malta c1741 |
Cospicua 1783 |
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| Fr. Philip of All the Sainrs Annetto Mamo |
Valletta 1753 |
Cape Good Hope, 1787 | |
| Fr. Paul Jerome of St Stanislao Gejtanu Hellul |
Malta 1716 |
Cospicua 1788 |
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| Fr. Philip Mary of St Nicholas | Spain/Portugal 1709 |
Cospicua 1789 |
Superior Ä eneral. |
| Br. Thomas Aquinas of St Teresa |
“foreigner” 1708 |
Cospicua 1790 |
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| Fr. Pier Damian of St Agnes | Malta 1714 |
Cospicua 1791 |
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| Br. Chalcedon of St Teresa lay or clerical brother |
Malta 1775 |
Cospicua 1793 |
Profession by postulation. |
| Fr. Anthony of the Child Jesus Giuseppe Casha |
Malta 1716 |
Cospicua 1793 |
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| Fr. Claude of the Bl. Sacrament |
Vienna 1721 |
Cospicua 1796 |
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| Br. Joseph Angelo of St Eliseus Bernard Vella |
Malta | Cospicua 1799 |
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| Fr. Raymond of St Bartholomew Benigno Pace |
Victoriosa 1727 |
Cospicua 1804 |
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| Fr. Peter of Alcantara of St Teresa Giovanni Andrea |
Malta 1765 |
Cospicua 1808 |
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| Fr. Stanislao of Jesus | Venice 1725 |
Cospicua 1810 |
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| Fr. Bonaventure of St Teresa | Malta 1779 |
Cospicua 1812 |
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| Fr. Charles Joseph of St Francis Giovanni Battista Grech |
Valletta 1774 |
Cospicua 1812 |
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| Fr. Theodosius of the Imm. Conception Pietro Paolo Grech |
Valletta 1747 |
Cospicua 1816 |
Prior at St Teresa’s |
| Fr. Frederick of St Teresa | Palermo 1758 |
Cospicua 1817 |
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| Fr. Francis Xavier of the Passion Silvio Bianchi |
Valletta 1738 |
Cospicua 1818 |
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| Fr. John Mary of St Anne | “foreigner” c1770 |
Cospicua 1823 |
Died during office of Prior at St Teresa’s. |
| Br. Peter Paul of St Mary —- Scerri |
Malta c1748 |
Cospicua 1825 |
Known as Br. Paul. |
| Fr. Cajetan of the Sacred Heart Giuseppe Briffa |
Victoriosa 1803 |
Cospicua 1828 |
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| Fr. Charles Hyacinth of Jesus Mary —- Laureti |
Xequi 1767 |
Cospicua 1829 |
Head of Philosophy at the University of Malta. First Professor of Botanics at the same University. |
| Fr. Charles of the Holy Spirit Pawlu Glivan |
Senglea 1801 |
Cospicua 1836 |
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| Fr. Hilary of St John of the Cross Giuseppe Mallia |
Paola c1769 |
Cospicua 1839/1838 |
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| Br. Francis of St Chalcedon Franġisku Zammit |
Valletta 1764 |
Cospicua 1840 |
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| Br. John of the Cross Franġisku Dimech clerical brother |
Valletta 1763 |
Cospicua 1840 |
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| Fr. Julius of the Holy Saviour Raffaele Calleja |
Valletta 1771 |
Mt Carmel 1841 |
Membru of the Roman Province. |
| Fr. Emmanuel Aloysius of Our Lady of the Snow Lwiġi Baldacchino |
Senglea 1775 |
Cospicua 1851 |
Membru of the Roman Province. |
| Br. Natalis of the Child Jesus Natal Farrugia |
Żebbuġ 1805 |
Cospicua 1853 |
Other sources claim he was born in 1806, and others he died in 1855. |
| Fr. Alexander of St Joseph Ä użeppi Vella |
Gozo 1822 |
Cospicua 1857 |
At St. Teresa’s since 1849. |
| Br. Joseph of Our Lady of Sorrows Ä użeppi Stivala |
Malta 1794 |
Cospicua 1858 |
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| Fr. Joseph M. of the Sacred Heart Giuseppe Abela |
Għaxaq 1787 |
Cospicua 1868 |
Superior General. |
| Fr. Joacchim of St Anne Francesco Vassallo |
Valletta 1809 |
Cospicua 1870/1869 |
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| Fr. Raymond of St Joseph Luigi (Pace?) |
Cospicua 1801 |
Cospicua 1871 |
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| Fr. Theodosius of the Imm. Conception Stanislao Mercieca |
Cospicua 1793 |
Cospcua 1879 |
First OCD Friar to be buried at the national cemetery at Paola. |
| Br. Teresius of St Albert Ä użeppi Spiteri |
Sannat 1816 |
Cospicua 1880/1888 |
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| Fr. Albert of St Joseph Ä użeppi Caruana |
Għarb 1825 |
Haifa 1880 |
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| Fr. Cyril of the Mother of God Franġisk Stivala |
Valletta 1815 |
Cospicua 1882 |
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| Fr. Aloysius of St John of the Cross Vinċenz Baldacchino |
Valletta 1829 |
Cospicua 1885 |
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| Br. Paul of the Sacred Heart Ä wanni Maria Apap |
Xagħra 1828 |
Cospicua 1888 |
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| Fr. John Joseph of St Paul Mikiel Ellul |
Floriana\Cospicua 1816 |
Cospicua 1890 |
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| Br. Peter of St Mary Ä wann Indri Cutajar |
Żebbuġ 1807 |
Cospicua 1891 |
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| Fr. Elias of St Joseph Ä użepp Camilleri |
Cospicua 1854 |
Haifa 1891 |
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| Fr. Raymond of St Teresa Aragones Capdevilla |
Reus, Catalunya 1816 |
Cospicua 1893 |
Formator of Don Carlos and Don Alonso of Bourbon, Spain. Master of Novices for nearly 20 years. |
| Fr. Vincent of the Heart of Mary Salvatore Grima |
Żurrieq 1832 |
Cospicua 1895 |
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| Fr. Hilary of Jesus Lawrenz Zammit |
Malta c1825 |
Cospicua 1895 |
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| Fr. Saviour of OL of Mt Carmel Giorgio Zarb |
Qormi 6.1.1818 |
Cospicua 22.7.1898 |
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| Br. Joseph Aloysius of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Anton Saliba |
Luqa 1.4.1829 |
Cospicua 7.9.1900 |
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| Fr. John of the Cross Salvu Sammut |
Attard 8.1.1826 |
B’Kara 26.12.1901 |
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| Fr. Felix of Jesus Ernesto Rizzo |
Valletta 21.4.1833 |
B’Kara 2.2.1903 |
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| Fr. Michael of the Imm. Conception Salvu Aquilina |
Cospicua 11.7.1858 |
Cospicua 4.7.1904 |
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| Br. Natalis of OL of Mt Carmel Giuseppe Buhagiar |
Żabbar 21.3.1879 |
B’Kara 26.7.1904 |
Known also as “of St. Joseph”. |
| Br. Aloysius of St Teresa Lwiġ Giardina |
Żabbar 23.11.1861 |
Haifa 18.1.1908 |
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| Br. Celestine of the Immaculate Mary Pawlu Aquilina clerical brother |
Ħamrun 28.12.1890 |
B’Kara 30.1.1910 |
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| Fr. Lawrence of St Sixtus Felice Mifsud |
Victoriosa 18.6.1855 |
B’Kara 20.12.1912 |
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| Br. Alphonse of the Bl. Sacrament Anton Bartolo |
Mosta 14.2.1850 |
B’Kara 6.3.1916 |
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| Br. Angelo of the Holy Family Giovanni Battista Attard |
Cospicua 14.8.1830 |
B’Kara 2.10.1916 |
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| Fr. Emmanuel of the Assumption Indri Azzopardi |
Senglea 4.11.1856 |
Cospicua 7.1.1918 |
Returned to Malta in 1890. |
| Fr. Eliseus of St Francis Lawrenz Caruana |
Cospicua 18.8.1868 |
B’Kara 14.12.1919 |
Other sources claim he died in 1917. |
| Fr. Alexander of St Elias Ä wanni Glavina |
Senglea 9.7.1891 |
Mt Carmel 15.7.1920 |
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| Br. Avertanus of St Joseph Anton Azzopardi |
Senglea 31.10.1860 |
Cospicua 10.2.1922 |
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| Br. Joseph of All the Saints Giovanni Battista Dimech |
Cospicua 24.6.1847 |
Cospicua 19.4.1922 |
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| Fr. Augustine of St Teresa Kostantinu Zammit |
Cospicua 14.7.1859 |
Cospicua 15.4.1924 |
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| Fr. Angelo of the Mother of God Ä wanni Darmanin |
Cospicua 27.5.1861 |
B’Kara 6.11.1924 |
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| Fr. Seraphim of the Sacred Heart Manwel Orlando |
Cospicua 5.6.1872 |
Wincanton 25.5.1928 |
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| Fr. Carmelo of the Child Jesus Alexander Vassallo |
Algiers, Africa 7.4.1856 | B’Kara 2.4.1930 |
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| Fr. Anselm of St Joseph Ä użeppi Ghirxi |
Senglea 13.1.1890 |
B’Kara 25.3.1931 |
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| Fr. Albert M. of Jesus the Nazarene Salvu Giacomotto |
Senglea 27.9.1871 |
B’Kara 11.3.1932 |
According to the Catalogue of the Semi-Province, he died in 1930. |
| Br. Constance of St Joseph Mikiel Galea |
Żabbar 4.8.1877 |
Cairo 19.10.1934 |
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| Fr. Eugene of the Nativity Mikiel Aquilina |
Cospicua 30.9.1880 |
B’Kara 29.9.1938 |
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| Fr. Clemens of St Eliseus Benedittu Calascione |
Senglea 21.12.1889 |
Cospicua 13.6.1939 |
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| Fr. Edward of St Teresa Ä użeppi Vella |
Cospicua 3.10.1881 |
B’Kara 20.11.1940 |
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| Br. Hilary of the Passion Ä anni Borg |
Victoriosa 2.1.1918 |
Żebbuġ 29.4.1941 |
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| Br. Bonaventure of the Holy Spirit Ä anni Attard |
B’Kara 19.12.1919 |
Żebbuġ 29.4.1941 |
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| Br. Marcellinus of OL of Sorrows Salvu Pisani |
Ħamrun 1.4.1918 |
Żebbuġ 29.4.1941 |
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| Fr. Joseph Mary of Jesus Ä orÄ¡ Falzon |
Cospicua 18.1.1850 |
B’Kara 29.3.1942 |
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| Fr. Gerald of St Angelo Franġisk Deidun |
Cospicua 22.7.1884 |
B’Kara 14.8.1943 |
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| Fr. Redemptus of the Cross Arturo Camilleri |
Cospicua 23.12.1878 |
Cospicua 31.1.1947 |
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| Fr. Raymond M. of St Teresa Pawlu Xuereb |
Cospicua 1.7.1879 |
Tas-Silġ 2.12.1948 |
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| Fr. Angelicus of the Sacred Heart Dionisju Buttigieg |
Cospicua 27.12.1889 |
B’Kara 28.4.1950 |
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| Fr. Spiridione of St Elias Anġlu Chetcuti |
Attard 8.2.1882 |
Tas-Silġ 27.8.1953 |
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| Fr. Raphael of St Anne Wenzu Despott |
Cospicua 26.3.1876 |
B’Kara 23.4.1955 |
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| Fr. Giles of St Paul Ä użeppi Cuschieri |
Mosta 17.7.1882 |
B’Kara 27.5.1955 |
Other sources claim he died on 29.5.1956. |
| Fr. Bernard of the Angels Ä wanni Rigos |
Senglea 30.6.1870 |
B’Kara 18.1.1956 |
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| Fr. Michael of the Queen of Carmel Ä wanni Tabone |
Cospicua 15.8.1914 |
Ta’ Xbiex 6.7.1956 |
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| Br. Aloysius of St Joseph Manwel Poggi |
Cospicua 5.2.1873 |
Mt Carmel 28.8.1958 |
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| Fr. Pius of St Leo Franġisk Vella |
Cospicua 3.2.1881 |
B’Kara 17.1.1959 |
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| Br. Daniel of the Holy Redeemer Ä użeppi Abdilla |
Għaxaq 15.10.1877 |
Cairo 17.3.1960 |
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| Fr. Augustune of the Holy Trinity Ä orÄ¡ Borg |
B’Kara 20.4.1914 |
Cospicua 5.2.1961 |
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| Fr. Rodrerick of St Teresa Ä użeppi Abela |
M’Xlokk 26.6.1911 |
Cospicua 3.11.1963 |
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| Fr. Silverio of St John of the Cross Vinċenz Pisani |
Cospicua 23.10.1910 |
Tas-Silġ 16.3.1964 |
Brother of Fr Aloysius of Christ the King. |
| Br. Isidore of St Agnes Salvu Micallef |
Luqa 8.10.1889 |
B’Kara 8.10.1972 |
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| Fr. Carmelo of the Immaculate Mary Bartilmew Spiteri |
Senglea 23.8.1912 |
Cospicua 1.7.1973 |
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| Br. Joseph of St Bernard Amabile Gatt |
Żebbuġ 5.8.1905 |
B’Kara 18.10.1981 |
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| Fr. Eliseus of the Nativity Joseph Angelo Alford |
Cospicua 28.2.1900 |
Avon 5.11.1983 |
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| Fr. Vincent of the Immaculate Mary Pawlu Zammit |
Valletta 16.10.1913 |
B’Kara 31.1.1985 |
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| Br. Avertanus of St Joseph Ä użeppi Bilocca |
Qormi 2.12.1913 |
Ta’ Xbiex 2.1.1992 |
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| Fr. Leonard of the Infant of Prague Vincent Aquilina |
B’Kara 1.7.1912 |
Ta’ Xbiex 13.6.1994 |
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| Fr. John of the Cross Carmelo Leone |
Żebbuġ 19.6.1909 |
Cospicua 15.5.1996 |
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| Fr. Eugene of the Nativity Alfred Camilleri |
Ħamrun 9.5.1934 |
B’Kara 10.8.1997 |
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| Fr. Aloysius of Christ the King Karmenu Pisani |
Cospicua 28.9.1906 |
B’Kara 22.11.1997 |
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| Fr. Tarcisius of the Bl. Sacrament Francis Licari |
Cospicua 25.4.1917 |
B’Kara 27.8.2000 |
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| Fr. Angelo of the Bl. Sacrament Edgar Buhagiar |
Cospicua 27.1.1912 |
B’Kara 29.10.2001 |
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| Fr. Angelicus M. of St Therese Henry Busuttil |
Senglea 10.2.1933 |
B’Kara 2.10.2002 |
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| Fr. Gabriel of the Incarnation Joseph Grech |
B’Kara 11.5.1920 |
Ta’ Xbiex 12.08.2003 |
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| Fr. Alphonse of All the Saints Emmanuel Grima |
Cospicua 30.3.1913 |
Cospicua 6.11.2003 |
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| Fr. Cherubim of Jesus Salvatore Abela |
Valletta 31.10.1923 |
B’Kara 6.6.2006 |
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| Fr. Cyril of the Mother of God Francis Borg |
B’Kara 10.5.1920 |
B’Kara 25.3.2008 |
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| Fr. Elias of St Albert Emmanuel Micallef |
Cospicua 26.10.1922 |
Cospicua 25.10.2008 |
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| Fr. Redemptus of the Cross John Azzopardi |
B’Kara 28.1.1939 |
Ta’ Xbiex 20.05.2009 |
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| Fr. Louis of the Precious Blood John Baptist Schembri |
Cospicua 24.6.1922 |
B’Kara 23.11.2009 |