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- ↑ "Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata", Diocese of Gozo website, Malta. Retrieved on 31 March 2014.
- ↑ "Bishop Antonius Grech-Delicata-Testaferrata", Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 31 March 2014.