Peter Baldacchino

Peter Baldacchino (born December 5, 1960) is a Maltese-born American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Las Cruces since 2019.

After his graduation, Baldacchino worked for several years as technical manager at a Canada Dry bottling plant in Malta.

[3]He later decided to move to the United States to attend the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Newark, New Jersey, that was operated by the Neocatechumenal Way.

[2] Baldacchino received Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey.

In 2002 he became the pastor of Our Lady of Providence Parish on Providenciales Island of Turks and Caicos[4] Pope Benedict XVI named Baldacchino a chaplain of his holiness, with the title of monsignor.