Background
Pietru Pace was born in Victoria, Gozo on April 9, 1831 and was baptized on the same day in Street George"s Basilica.
Pietru Pace was born in Victoria, Gozo on April 9, 1831 and was baptized on the same day in Street George"s Basilica.
He was ordained a priest in 1853 and was consecrated as the third bishop of Gozo in the Basilica of San Carlo al Corso in Rome by the English Cardinal Edward Henry Howard on April 8, 1877. He served as Gozo"s bishop until 1889 when he was transferred to the bishopric of Malta succeeding Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna. He was also appointed as the titular Archbishop of Rhodes.
He ministered in Malta for 25 years until he died in Victoria, Gozo 29 July 1914.
