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St Paul's Church is a 20th century Roman Catholic parish church located in the village of Munxar on the island of Gozo in Malta. History. Prior to the building of the first church, the villagers used to attend services at the Church of St Margaret in Sannat, which church also served as the parish church of Munxar. As the population grew there ...
The parish church, a small baroque building built from the typical Maltese stone, is dedicated to St. Paul. It was built between 1914 and 1925 and was consecrated on 18 October 1925. Bishop Giuseppe Pace established it as a parish church on 12 December 1957. As a result, Munxar was the last village in Gozo to become an autonomous parish.
The original church dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch dates back to the late Middle Ages. It is documented as functioning in 1575. It is also recorded that in the 16th century the church had a cemetery and a bell tower. When the parish of Sannat was created on April 28, 1688 by Bishop Davide Cocco Palmieri, the chapel of St Margaret was ...
Għarb became an independent parish on 29 August 1679 by Bishop Michael Molina. It was the second parish to be established outside Victoria. The first parish church was that of the Visitation located downhill to the present church. The original parish church, also known as Taż-Żejt is located beside the village cemetery.
Xewkija, which is situated between Għajnsielem and the main town, Victoria, is the oldest village in Gozo. It became the first parish outside Victoria on 27 November 1678. It was separated from the Matrix by Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina. Dun Grezz Farrugia, from Valletta, became its first parish priest.
Our Lady of Loreto Parish Church. / 36.026222°N 14.289306°E / 36.026222; 14.289306. Parish Church of Our Lady of Loreto is a Roman Catholic neo-gothic parish church located in the village of Għajnsielem on the island of Gozo, Malta .
Xlendi Tower ( Maltese: Torri tax-Xlendi) is a small watchtower near Xlendi Bay, within the limits of Munxar on the island of Gozo in Malta. The tower is one of the Lascaris towers and dates to 1650; it is currently undergoing restoration. It is the oldest of the four surviving watchtowers on Gozo, the three others being Dwejra Tower, Mġarr ix ...
Corpus Christi Church. The façade of the parish church. / 36.058833°N 14.226333°E / 36.058833; 14.226333. The Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Għasri, in Gozo, Malta. It forms part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo .