Long ago Attard was not yet a parish, but merely a village. With regard to ecclesiastical matters Attard was considered part of Birkirkara, which itself had long been considered a parish in it own right.

Attard was a small village with around 165 households, in which lived around 665 people.

It also had some small churches. If we had to read the "Pastoral Visits" of the Right Reverend Pietru Dusina J.U.D., of 1575 we would find that the he had visited the following churches:

1. The Church of St Mary. It seems that this was the principle church, instead of today's Parish Church;
2. Another Church of St Mary, the second with such dedication. It appears as if this refers to the Church of St Paul 'ta taht ir-Rahal';
3. Yet another Church dedicated to St Mary. This was probably the Church of the Annunciation which today does not exist anymore;
4. The Church of St Nicholas - today known as the Church of St Roque although it is more popularly known as the Church of St Anne due to the titular picture inside;
5. The Church of St Nicholas of Mriehel. This too does not exist anymore. Many years ago it was traditional for the parish Priest of Attard to go and bless the site of this Church, in Notabile Road near San Anton, on the eve of All Souls Day.

The Church which we have called "principle" had its own active administrators. Since Hal Mann and Hal Bordi used to be considered part of Attard, with substantial income, the administrators went to the Parish Priest of Birkirkara, Fr Joseph Bellia, in order to let them become a Parish in their own right, but Fr Bellia did not accede to their request.

The administrators went to the Bishop Giacomo Valguarnera (1495 - 1501) and told him that in an emergency the Parish Priest of Birkirkara could not reach the residents of Attard in a short time due to the distance factor. The Bishop understood all this, and in a decree dated 14th February 1499 he founded the Order of Discipline, in the Church of Attard. He also gave his authority for Mass to be said every Sunday as well as hold the feast of Our Lady of Victories annually.

The Decree was confirmed by the Vicar of Bishop Antonio Corsetto on the 26 June 1502.

In 1545 Bishop Cubelles accepted that on every feast day the Church in Attard could hold Holy Mass, Confession, and Holy Communion, as well as other religious functions including Spiritual Exercises during Lent and burial of those who died within the precincts of the Church.