Background
Alessandro was born on November 30, 1944 in Paola, Malta.
Alessandro was born on November 30, 1944 in Paola, Malta.
He was ordained deacon in December 1969 and ordained priest the following year on April 5, 1970. In 1989 Alessandro went on a mission to Kenya where in 1994 he was shot and seriously injured whilst on his way to Garissa. Some years later he returned to Malta where he became the Provincial of the Capuchin Province of Malta.
In Malta he also taught religion and lectured theology while serving on the diocesan film censorship board.
In 2010 he returned to Kenya and was made Vicar General of the Diocese of Garissa by Bishop Paul Darmanin. In 2012 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Alessandro as the new Coadjutor Bishop of Garissa in Kenya.
He was ordained bishop by Cardinal John Njue on September 29, 2012 in Street John"s Company-Cathedral Valletta and left Malta on November 3.