Joseph Angelo Grech (10 December 1948 – 28 December 2010"Most Reverend Joseph Angelo Grech DD"
Diocese of Sandhurst death notice, The Herald Sun, 29 December 2010) was an Australian prelate of the

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. He was the Bishop of Sandhurst from 2001 to 2010. Grech was born in Balzan,

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, on 10 December 1948. After studies in the local schools, he moved to

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, where he continued his studies. He was ordained a priest on 30 November 1974 in his home town, before returning to Melbourne to take up parish duties. He became an auxiliary bishop of the Melbourne archdiocese in 1998. On 8 March 2001, he was appointed the Bishop of Sandhurst, based in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo. He was installed on 27 April and served in that position until his death from a blood disorder on 28 December 2010.Catholic Hierarchy
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1948 births 2010 deaths Maltese emigrants to Australia 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Deaths from blood disease Roman Catholic bishops of Sandhurst {{Australia-RC-bishop-stub