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).
Feastday: May 9. Patron: of Malta, Society of Christian Doctrine Birth: 1880. Death: 1962. Beatified: 9 May 2001, Floriana, Malta by Pope John Paul II
Blessed George Preca has been renowned for his holiness both in Malta and wherever the Maltese have settled.
George Preca
Priest
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
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 ...
During his life, Saint Preca committed himself greatly to spreading the holy rosary. A true devotee of the Virgin Mary, he fervently practised this Marian ...
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.
Saint George Preca 1880-1962. Diocesan Priest and Carmelite Tertiary. Founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine in Malta 1907. Declared Saint by Benedict.
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.
May 12, 2021 · George Preca, born in La Valletta on the Island of Malta, was a friend of Jesus and a witness to the holiness that derives from him.