Paola (Ir-Raħal Ġdid) (Christ the King)

Paola, or, as it is popularly known, “Raħal Ġdid” (the new village), became a parish in 1910, and the parish church was the church of St. Ubaldesca, which the Government gave to the Church so that it could serve as a parish church; but this church was too small for the population of the locality and so the present church dedicated to Christ the King was built.

Parish Church of Christ the King

Dedication date 3 June 1967

Parish Priest

Rev Can Vincent Cachia

Parish Office

Triq Lampuka,

Paola PLA 1142

Office Hours

Mondays Wednesdays Fridays

9.00 – 11.30 am; 4.00 – 06.00 pm

Telephone

2169 5022

Fax

2180 5955

Website

www.paolakristure.com

E mail

parrocca.paola.kr@maltadiocese.org

Parish Population: 7,030

Families: 2,658

Parish Clergy

• Rev Can Vincent Cachia, Parish Priest
• Rev Can Mario Agius,
• Rev Vincent Deguara,
• Mgr Edgar Attard,
• Rev Tito Sammut
• Rev Herbert Friggieri S.J.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feastdays: 6.30, 8.00, 9.30, 11.00 am; 6.00 pm;

Sundays : 7.30 pm (Youth Mass)

Saturday Evenings: 6.00 pm

Weekdays :6.00, 7.00, 7.45, 8.30, 10.00 am; 6.00 pm

Other Churches

Chapel of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition

The Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition settled in Paola in 1910 and opened a school which, in 1926, was transferred to n. 69 Zabbar Road: the chapel is open to the people residing in the vicinity

Priest in charge

Parish Priest

Church of St. Anthony at Għajn Dwieli

In 1953 tha Capuchin friars opened a small chapel at Ghajn Dwieli, but they soon realised the need of building a large church, which eventually was opened for worship in 1965. The church is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, and marriages may be celebrated there.

Priest in charge

Rev William Axiaq OFM Cap

Telephone

21828157 – 21663130

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 7.00, 8.00, 9.00 and 11.30 am

Saturday Evenings: 6.00 pm (winter) ; 6.30 pm (summer)

Weekdays: 6.45, 8.00, 6.00 pm (winter); 6.30 pm (summer)

Church of St. Ubaldesca

The church was built in 1629 by Grandmaster De Paule. When the Order of St. John left Malta, the church became Government property, but, requested by the bishop, the Government gave the church to the ecclesiastical authorities to serve as a parish church; it served as a subsidiary parish church from 1905 to 1910 when Paola became a parish of its own right. The church ceased to be the parish church of the locality when the church of Christ the King was built.