| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Joseph Grech | |
| Bishop of Sandhurst | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Sandhurst |
| Appointed: | 8 March 2001 |
| Term Start: | 27 April 2001 |
| Term End: | 28 December 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Noel Desmond Daly |
| Successor: | Les Tomlinson |
| Ordination: | 30 November 1974 |
| Ordained By: | Joseph Mercieca |
| Consecration: | 10 February 1999 |
| Consecrated By: | George Pell |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Balzan Malta |
| Death Place: | Melbourne Australia |
| Nationality: | Maltese |
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| Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (1998–2001) |
Joseph Angelo Grech (10 December 1948 - 28 December 2010[1] [2]) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Sandhurst from 2001 to 2010.
Grech was born in Balzan, Malta, on 10 December 1948. After studies in the local schools, he moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he continued his studies. He was ordained a priest on 30 November 1974 in his home town, before returning to Melbourne to take up parish duties. He became an auxiliary bishop of the Melbourne archdiocese in 1998.
On 8 March 2001, he was appointed the Bishop of Sandhurst, based in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo. He was installed on 27 April and served in that position until his death from a blood disorder on 28 December 2010.[3]