Parish Priests

List of the Parish Priests serving the Greek-Catholic Church

of Our Lady of Damascus (Valletta, Malta)

1	Papàs Costantino Sguro	First Parish Priest: 1579 – 1608
2	Papàs Giorgio Calichia	Appointed: 18th March 1608   Died:           date unknown
3	Papàs Giovanni Metaxi	Appointed:    4th May 1617   Died:           11th November 1636
4	Papàs Emanuele Paleologo  (Maltese)	Appointed:  28th April 1637   Died:           10th April 1668
5	Papàs Anastasio Mandila (Maltese)	Appointed: 17th August 1668   Died:          1691 (in Rome)
1691 – 1693: The Latin rite priest Don Antonio Dalli was in charge of the Church.
6	Papàs Michele Pardonà (Cretan)	Appointed:    8th August 1693   Died:           23rd April 1705
7	Papàs Neofito Lombardara (from Paros)	Appointed:  11th January 1706   Renounced his post: 1713
8	Papàs Silvestro Bruno (Maltese)	Appointed:  30th April 1714   Renouned his post, then reinstalled   Died:           31st January 1757
9	Papàs Francesco Rizzardopoli (Maltese)	Appointed:  17th May 1757   Died:           19th August 1788
10	Papàs Giuseppe Cuccia (Mezzojuso – Sicily)	Appointed:    9th June 1789   Renounced his post: 11th October 1796   Reinstalled: 25th March 1820   Died:            14th April 1821
11	Papàs Onorio Prifti (or Parrino) (Palazzo Adriano – Sicily)	Appointed:   23rd March 1797   Died:            July 1820
12	Papàs Giorgio Gaetano Barcia (Palazzo Adriano – Sicily)	Appointed:  1st January 1822   Died:           25th May 1839
1839 – 1843: The Latin rite priest Don Giuseppe Sammut was in charge of the Church.
13	Papàs Nicola Bidera (Palazzo Adriano – Sicily)	Appointed:  1843Died:           1882
14	Papàs Giuseppe Schirò (Contessa Entellina – Sicily)	Appointed:  24th July 1882   In 1889, he was appointed bishop of Gadara.   Died:           1st August 1927
15	Papàs Nicola Basta (Palazzo Adriano – Sicily)	Appointed:  1889   Died:           1901
16	Papàs Francesco Parrino (Palazzo Adriano – Sicily)	Appointed:  20th January 1902   Died:           3rd December 1918
17	Papàs Francesco Chetta- Schirò (Contessa Entellina – Sicily)	Appointed:  5th April 1919   Died:           4th March 1933
18	Papàs Giorgio Schirò (Piana degli Albanesi – Sicily)	Installed:     27th Augist 1933   Retired:       1958   Died:           16th January 1992
19	Papàs Vito Borgia (Piana degli Albanesi – Sicily)	Appointed:  30th May 1959   Retired:       November 2009
20	Papàs George Mifsud Montanaro (Maltese)	Appointed:  30th November 2009

 

Source: Chetta-Schirò, Papàs Francesco, Memorie su le Chiese e il Rito Greco in Malta, 2^a ed. Valletta, Tipografia del «Malta », 1930. The details about the last three parish priests were provided by Papàs George Mifsud Montanaro.