Joseph Grech

{{Short description|Australian prelate of the Catholic Church (1948–2010)}}

{{for|the Maltese Olympic shooter|Joseph Grech (sport shooter)}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = Joseph Grech

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| title = Bishop of Sandhurst

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| diocese = Sandhurst

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| appointed = 8 March 2001

| term_start = 27 April 2001

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| term_end = 28 December 2010

| predecessor = Noel Desmond Daly

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| successor = Les Tomlinson

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| ordination = 30 November 1974

| ordained_by = Joseph Mercieca

| consecration = 10 February 1999

| consecrated_by = George Pell

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| birth_place = Balzan Colony of Malta

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| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (1998–2001)

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Joseph Angelo Grech (10 December 1948 – 28 December 2010[http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sandhurst-bishop-dies-20101228-199ep.html "Sandhurst bishop dies"], The Age, 29 December 2010[https://archive.today/20120717153251/http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary.aspx?n=joseph-angelo-grech&pid=147463200 "Most Reverend Joseph Angelo Grech DD"], Diocese of Sandhurst death notice, The Herald Sun, 29 December 2010) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Sandhurst from 2001 to 2010.

Grech was born in Balzan, Colony of Malta, on 10 December 1948. After studies in the local schools, he moved to Melbourne, Australia, 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.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgrech.html Catholic Hierarchy]