Fr. Joe Camilleri

Fr. Joe Camilleri was a parish priest in Ħal Luqa at the turn of the 21st century.

He was born in the St.Sebastian neighbourhood of Qormi on the 18 of August 1948. On the 20th of July 1974 he as ordained into the priesthood and eventually served as vice parish priest at his hometown church of St.Sebastian.

During this period he was also a teacher a head master at the Archbishops Seminary. He served as director of the Catholic Institute in Floriana and was active as a religious broadcaster on state radio and television.

Fr.Camilleri became the parish priest of St.Andrew's Parish Church in Ħal Luqa in March of 1997. During an activity at the parish centre on Friday 2nd of May 2003 he was involved in an accident, he experienced a 12-foot fall off the centre's theatre stage that eventually led to his demise after 39 days at St.Luke's Hospital Intensive Therapy Unit

He died on 9 June 2003 at the age of 54.