Friars
Provincial Ministers
The friars who have led the Province of St. Paul the Apostle since its foundation in 1914.
The first Minister Provincial was Fr. Anton Maria Cesal OFM, appointed when the Custody of Saint John the Baptist became a Province on Easter Sunday, 12 April 1914. He died eight months later, on 14 December 1914, and is rightly considered the father of the Province.
The last five Ministers Provincial
Ramon Farrugia
2026 –
Anthony Chircop
2020 – 2026
Richard Stanley Grech
2014 – 2020
Sandro Overend Rigillo
2008 – 2014
Paul Galea
2002 – 2008
Every Minister Provincial since 1914
| Minister Provincial | Years |
|---|---|
| Ramon Farrugia | 2026 – |
| Anthony Chircop | 2020 – 2026 |
| Richard Stanley Grech | 2014 – 2020 |
| Sandro Overend Rigillo | 2008 – 2014 |
| Paul Galea | 2002 – 2008 |
| Bernard Bartolo | 1996 – 2002 |
| Raymond Camilleri | 1990 – 1996 |
| Joseph Benedict Xuereb | 1985 – 1990 |
| Guidus Schembri | 1979 – 1985 |
| Ivo Tonna | 1973 – 1979 |
| Augustine Portelli | 1967 – 1973 |
| Accursius Xerri | 1961 – 1967 |
| Alphonse M. Camilleri | 1955 – 1961 |
| Angelicus Azzopardi | 1946 – 1955 |
| Alphonse M. Camilleri | 1944 – 1946 |
| Anthony M. Bajada | 1942 – 1944 |
| Berardus Tabone | 1936 – 1942 |
| Peter Muscat | 1933 – 1936 |
| Anthony M. Bajada | 1927 – 1933 |
| Alphonse M. Attard | 1921 – 1927 |
| Emmanuel Formosa | 1918 – 1921 |
| Francis Galea | 1915 – 1918 |
| Anthony M. Cesal | 1914 – 1914 |