Joseph De Piro [SEP] date of death
Joseph De Piro
Giuseppe De Piro or Joseph De Piro, (2 November 1877 – 17 September 1933) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary. He founded The Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP) in June 1910 with a charism that Maltese priests would become missionaries. Presently holding the status of Servant of God, he is a candidate for beatification.
Life.
Monsignor Joseph De Piro was born in Mdina, Malta on 2 November 1877 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1902 in Rome. Although he
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Founding a missionary congregation was the desire of Joseph De Piro which he had from a young age. He tried to enlist the help of others in realizing it and eventually settled with the support of a few mentors. On 30 June 1910, De Piro accepted the first two members, Joseph Caruana and John Vella. Eventually Vella left the Society after being ordained a priest. Caruana, who remained a lay brother, became, in 1927, its first missionary serving for 48 years in Ethiopia until his death.