Peter Baldacchino

Styles of
**Peter Baldacchino**
Styles of; Peter Baldacchino
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Peter Baldacchino
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Peter Baldacchino
Bishop of Las Cruces
Archdiocese	Santa Fe
Diocese	Las Cruces
Appointed	May 15, 2019
Installed	July 23, 2019
Predecessor	Oscar Cantú
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Miami and Titular Bishop of Vatarba (2014-2019);
Orders
Ordination	May 25, 1996; by Theodore Edgar McCarrick
Consecration	March 19, 2014; by Thomas Gerard Wenski, Patrick Pinder, and Charles Henry Dufour
Personal details
Born	December 5, 1960; Sliema, Malta
Education	University of Malta; Redemptorist Mater Seminary; Thomas Edison State College; Seton Hall University
Motto	Ubi dominus ibidem laetitia; (Where the Lord is, there is joy)

Peter Baldacchino (born December 5, 1960) is a Maltese-born American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Las Cruces in New Mexico since 2019. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida.