The Parish of Christ the King at Lockleys this year has celebrated its Golden jubilee, its 50th Birthday. The Parish of Lockleys and the Maltese Community Chaplaincy know their origin to the same and one person, Fr. Giles Ferriggi o.f.m.

It all started in the immediate years after World War 11 when the Maltese started emigrating to the four corners of the globe, looking for a more promising future, since back home jobs were becoming hard to acquire. Fr. Giles together with other Maltese Franciscans offered their services abroad with the emigrants and he arrived in Adelaide in 1948. The then Archbishop of Adelaide, His Grace Matthew Beovich offered him residence at Archbishop's House in the city and appointed him as Chaplain to the Maltese Community.

A year later he was joined by Fr Sebastian Camilleri and both were offered a plot of land with a big house at Lockleys. The Chapel in this Franciscan House served as a place of worship for the neighbourhood. It became the church for locals and many Maltese migrants. The dream and vision of the first Franciscans started becoming a reality. Their pastoral work increased, so much so, that in November 1950 another priest from Malta, in the person of Fr. Peter Paul Mejlaq, joined them.

A Nissen Hut to serve as a Church was built next to the house and was blessed by Archbishop Matthew Beovich on August 3, 1952 thus giving birth to the New Parish. Malta kept sending Friars to help in the running of the Parish to date, fifteen in all. In 1960 a bigger Church dedicated to Christ the King started to be built and was officially blessed on September 3, 1961 while the Nissen Hut now was to serve as a Parish Community Hall.

To have it all complete St. Francis Primary School was built and was officially opened in 1966 and a new Hall replacing the Nissen Hut was built in 1980.

To add flavour to it, on the same grounds adjoining the Friary, the Maltese Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1987 started running their newly-built St. Raphael's Home for the Aged and in 1990 bought the old Friary House and made it their Regional House, where the Friars moved to a newly bought adjoining residence.

• Fr. Giles Ferriggi 1952 - 1979,

• Fr. Felix Mansueto 1979 - 1991;

• Fr. Anthony Vella 1992 - 1994 and

• the present Fr. Edward Zammit 1995 .....

• Fr. Giles Ferriggi 1948 - 2000;

• Fr. Sebastian Camilleri 1949 -1995, 1992 -

• Fr.PeterPaul Mejlaq 1950 -1960,1976 -1978,

• Fr. Vittorin Alexander 1952-1954-;

• Fr. Benedict Ellul Mercer 1957 -1958;

• Fr. Leopold Farrugia 1961-1075;

• Fr. Philip Briffa 1962 -1968;

• Fr. Marcellinus Mejlaq 1967 -1975,

• Fr. Edward Zammit 1972 -1975, 1978 -1983, 1994

• Fr. Emidius Cremona 1977 -1978;

• Fr. Felix Mansueto 1970 -1991;

• Fr. Richard S. Grech 1983 -1984;

• Fr. Godfrey Micallef 1987 -1993;

• Fr. Anthony Vella 1992 -1995; and

• the present Maltese Community Chaplain Fr. Gabriel S. Micallef 1996 -