12 February 1880 – 26 July 1962) was a Maltese Catholic priest, the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine and a Third Order Carmelite.
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Diocesan Priest Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine, M.U.S.E.U.M.. (Valletta, Malta, 12 February 1880 - Sta. Venera, Malta, 26 July 1962).
George Preca, also known as Gorg Preca in Maltese (12 February 1880 - 26 July 1962), was a Maltese Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of ...
George Preca
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George Franco Preca, T.OCarm was a Maltese Catholic priest, the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine and a Third Order Carmelite. Pope John Paul II dubbed him "Malta’s second father in faith".
He assumed the religious name of "Franco"... Wikipedia
Born: February 12, 1880, Valletta, Malta
Died: July 26, 1962 (age 82 years), Santa Venera, Malta
Feast: 9 May
Venerated in: Catholic Church
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Blessed George Preca has been renowned for his holiness both in Malta and wherever the Maltese have settled.
The idea of the Holy Father concerning these five new mysteries may have been taken from a Maltese priest whom the Pope beatified in 2001, Fr. George Preca.
Saint George Preca 1880-1962. Diocesan Priest and Carmelite Tertiary. Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine in Malta 1907. Declared Saint by Benedict.
Saint George Preca was born in Valletta, Malta on 12th February 1880. He was the 7th child in a family of 9. During his childhood his family moved to ...
Father George Preca was proclaimed the first Maltese Catholic saint. He was canonized in Rome on 3 June 2007 along with three other new saints.
I died in 1962, at the age of 82. I was declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome in 2007, exactly a hundred years since I started my SDC society.
Saint George Preca (1880-1962) Founder of The Society of Christian Doctrine. The impact Saint George Preca has made on Malta is astonishing.