Fr Noel Maltese

  • A proud tradition of Maltese Catholicism in Australia

    The Maltese people are proud Catholics, bearing the noble heritage of their island’s Catholic history – where St Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked and the Knights of Malta saved Christendom from the entire Ottoman Turkish fleet. The Maltese Chaplaincy in the Diocese of Parramatta is led by Fr Noel Bianco MSSP,...
  • Fr Noel’s faith in his Maltese community

    Fr Noel Bianco MSSP is a priest of the Missionary Society of St Paul, a religious order founded by Mgr Joseph De Piro in 1910. Fr Noel grew up in a traditional Maltese family as one of 12 children, and had a brother (deceased at 40) who was also a...