Person

Azzopardi, John

1937–2021

John Azzopardi, son of Gerald and Nicolina was born on 11 th May 1937. In 1954 he entered at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Floriana and later at the Royal University of Malta where he graduated B.D. and Lic.D. in 1962. That year he was ordained a priest and started teaching Classical Greek and Religion at the Seminary. In 1967 on the request of Archbishop Michael Gonzi and Mgr Edward Coleiro, he undertook the responsibility of transferring the artefacts and archives from the Cathedral sacristies to the Old Seminary of Mdina, presently known as the Cathedral Museum. In that same year he was appointed curator of the Cathedral Museum, a position that he held until 2002. Between 1973 and 1988 Dun Ġwann directed the HMML microfilming project in conjunction with the Benedictine University of St John, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. In 1978 Dun Ġwann was appointed canon of St Paul’s collegiate church and became in charge of restructuring the Wignacourt premises into a new Collegiate Museum for Rabat. In 2013 he was appointed canon and archivist of the Metropolitan Chapter. He was widely respected as a scholar in his areas of interest and he authored numerous books, particularly on the Pauline cult ...