Peter Baldacchino

The Most Reverend Peter Baldacchino
Auxiliary bishop of Miami
See	Titular See of Vatarba
Appointed	February 20, 2014
In office	March 19, 2014 - present
Orders
Ordination	May 25, 1996 by Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Consecration	March 19, 2014 by Thomas Gerard Wenski
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-05) December 5, 1960 Sliema, Malta

Peter Baldacchino (born December 5, 1960) is a Maltese-born Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2014 he has served as the Auxiliary Bishop of Miami.

Early life and education

Baldacchino was born in Sliema, Malta. He was educated in Mount Carmel College, now Saint Elias College (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140504/social/Old-boy-visits-childhood-college.517546; http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2014/4/30/l-isqof-baldacchino-izur-l-iskola-fejn-kien-student.17484/). While he was a student at the University of Malta he became interested in the Neocatechumenal Way.^[1] He earned a diploma in sciences from the University of Malta, electrical installation licenses from Umberto Calosso Trade School in Malta, and a bachelor of arts degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey.^[2] While studying at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University he lived in community at the Redemptoris Mater Missionary House of Formation in Kearny, New Jersey. He received a master of divinity degree from Seton Hall. Baldacchino was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark on May 25, 1996 by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick.^[3] He holds dual citizenship in both the United States and Malta.^[2]

Priesthood

After ordination, Baldacchino served as the parochial vicar at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Ridgewood, New Jersey from 1996 to 1999. He was assigned as the chancellor of the Roman Catholic Mission Sui Iuris of Turks and Caicos in 1999. In 2002 he became the pastor of Our Lady of Providence Church on Providenciales Island.^[2] Pope Benedict XVI named Baldacchino a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title of Monsignor.^[1] He is fluent in English, Italian, Maltese, Spanish and Creole.^[2]

Episcopacy

Pope Francis named Baldacchino the titular Bishop of Vatarba and an auxiliary bishop of Miami on February 20, 2014. He was consecrated on March 19, 2014 by Archbishop Thomas Wenski. Archbishops Patrick Pinder of Nassau and Charles Dufour of Kingston in Jamaica were the principal co-consecrators.^[3]

References

1 2 "Pope names Caribbean missionary as new Miami auxiliary bishop". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
1 2 3 4 "Pope Names Springfield, Illinois Priest as Bishop of Wichita, Kansas and Newark Priest as Auxiliary Bishop of Miami". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
1 2 "Bishop Peter Baldacchino". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-03-21.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami 2014–present	Succeeded by –

Archdiocese of Miami

Archbishops	Coleman Carroll Edward Anthony McCarthy John Favalora Thomas Wenski

Auxiliary Bishops	Norbert Dorsey Felipe Estévez Gilberto Fernandez John Fitzpatrick René Gracida John Nevins John Noonan Agustin Roman Thomas Wenski Peter Baldacchino

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, Miami Parishes Church of the Little Flower, Coral Gables Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Key West St. Dominic Church, Miami Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Miami St. Patrick Catholic Church, Miami Beach Saint Edward Catholic Church, Pembroke Pines

Education	Higher Education Barry University St. Thomas University Seminary St. John Vianney College Seminary High Schools Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, Miami Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, Miami Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Miami Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School, Hollywood Christopher Columbus High School, Miami-Dade County Immaculata-Lasalle High School, Miami Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami St. Brendan High School, Miami St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale Grade Schools St. Theresa School, Coral Gables Saint Mary's Cathedral School, Miami St. Patrick Catholic School, Miami Beach

Priests	Ambrose Battista De Paoli Fernando Isern Robert Nugent Lynch

Miscellany	Academy of the Assumption Catholic Health Services Florida Catholic

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Archdiocese of Newark

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Newark

Bishops	James Roosevelt Bayley Michael Corrigan Winand Wigger John O'Connor

Archbishops	Thomas J. Walsh Thomas Aloysius Boland Peter Leo Gerety Theodore Edgar McCarrick John J. Myers

Coadjutor Archbishop	Bernard Hebda

Churches in the Archdiocese of Newark

Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Parishes	St. Henry's Church, Bayonne Madonna Church, Fort Lee Church of Our Lady of Grace, Hoboken St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City St. Antoninus Church, Newark St. Casimir's Church, Newark St. Columba's Church, Newark St. John's Church, Newark St. Joseph's Church, Newark Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Newark St. Rocco's Church, Newark St. Mary's Church, Plainfield Former parishes Sacred Heart Church, Jersey City

Abbey	St. Mary's Abbey Church

Education in the Archdiocese of Newark

Higher education	Seton Hall University Caldwell University Felician College Saint Peter's University

Seminary	Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology

High schools	Bergen County Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell Don Bosco Preparatory High School, Ramsey Immaculate Conception High School, Lodi Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale St. Mary High School, Rutherford Essex County Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair Lacordaire Academy, Upper Montclair Mount Saint Dominic Academy, Caldwell St. Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark St. Vincent Academy, Newark Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange Hudson County Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City Marist High School, Bayonne St. Anthony High School, Jersey City St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City Kenmare High School, Jersey City Union County Benedictine Academy, Elizabeth Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit Oratory Preparatory School, Summit Roselle Catholic High School, Roselle St. Mary of the Assumption High School, Elizabeth Union Catholic Regional High School, Scotch Plains

Former	Holy Family Academy, Bayonne

Grade Schools	St. Anne School, Fair Lawn All Saints Catholic Academy, Bayonne

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Newark

Auxiliary bishops	Thomas Aloysius Boland Paul Gregory Bootkoski Joseph Arthur Costello Edgar Moreira da Cunha Manuel Aurelio Cruz Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Gaetano Aldo Donato John Joseph Dougherty John Walter Flesey Joseph Abel Francis Robert Francis Garner William A. Griffin Dominic Anthony Marconi Justin J. McCarthy Charles James McDonnell James T. McHugh Thomas Henry McLaughlin Jerome Arthur Pechillo David Arias Pérez Michael Angelo Saltarelli Arthur J. Serratelli John Mortimer Smith Martin Walter Stanton

Priests	Peter Baldacchino Harold P. Darcy Robert Seton

Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Newark

Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange

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