Joseph Bonello (born 4 April 1961) is a Maltese bishop who currently serves as the bishop of Juticalpa in Honduras.
Joe Bonello was born in Xagħra on the island of Gozo in Malta on 4 April 1961, the third of four children. In 1977 he joined the Franciscan novitiate in Għajnsielem and six years later was professed as a member of the Order of Friars Minor.[1] He was ordained deacon on 29 June 1984 and a year later a priest by Archbishop Joseph Mercieca. Bonello studied philosophy and theology at the National Institute of Religious Ecclesiastical Studies in Malta and in September 1989 he left for a mission in Central America. During his time in Central America he served as he served as pastor of many parishes including that of Santa Ana in La Libertad.