Roger de Giorgio (

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29 December 1922 –

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5 February 2016) was a Maltese

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and a member of the

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and the Royal Historic Society.

Biography

, he attended Carlo Pisacane School. He studied at the

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and graduated as an

and

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in 1946. De Giorgio was a senior partner of Mortimer and de Giorgio between 1948 and 1968, Mortimer, de Giorgio and Partners between 1968 and 1971, Malta Consult between 1972 and 1977 and Roger de Giorgio and Partners. He became an associate of the

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in 1956, eventually being elected as a fellow in 1958. Between 1969 and 1970, he was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of MCAST. De Giorgio was also a member of the Council of the

between 1969 and 1971. Among many other buildings, in

, Mortimer and de Giorgio Architects designed and built the Sea Malta Building in 1948 and the Seminary at Tal-Virtù, completed in 1954, Santa Maria Estate in Mellieha, Barclays Bank branch and offices in Tripoli, 11 churches including the Madonna Ta Fatima church in Gwardamangia, Ta' L-ibragg Parish Church, Burmarrad Parish Church. The Mortimer and de Giorgio fund was set up in the firm's honour. Mortimer and de Giorgio had offices in

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and

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where they designed and built schools and hospitals. Isabelle Barratt-Delia, the first recorded Maltese female architect, who graduated in November 1961, worked at Mortimer and de Giorgio Architects. De Giorgio was responsible for the restoration of a number of architecturally significant buildings in

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such as parts of

Saint John's Co-Cathedral St John's Co-Cathedral ( mt, Kon-Katidral ta' San Ġwann) is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral in Valletta, Malta, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built by the Order of St. John between 1573 and 1578, having been commissioned by Grand Ma ...

, the Archbishop's Palace and

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. In 1957, de Giorgio joined the

Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

as a Donat of Devotion. He rose in rankings to become a Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace in Obedience with Sash. de Giorgio was the President of the Maltese Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for 14 years between 1986 and 2000, during which time, among various projects undertaken he led the construction of the Malta Association's Headquarters at Casa Lanfreducci in Valletta. De Giorgio also led the organising committee for the celebrations held in Malta to mark the 900th anniversary of the foundation of the order. De Giorgio died on the 5 February 2016. He is survived by his wife, Marica and his five children.

Publications

* De Giorgio, Roger. ''A City by an Order''. Malta, 1985.

References

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