The Diocese of Gozo has announced a number of new appointments, “with the aim of helping the People of God in their Christian journey, according to current needs and demands.

It said that these new appointments are being announced related to various ministries and services in the life of the Church in Gozo.

New tasks at diocesan level:

Mgr. Giovanni Curmi (from the Parish of St. Paul Munxar) – Vicar General of the Diocese of Gozo;

Mgr. Tarcisio Camilleri (from the Parish of Santa Margerita, Sannat) – Episcopal Vicar for the Clergy;

Mgr. Joseph Sultana (from the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra) – Pastoral Secretary for the Diocese of Gozo and Director of the Institute for Pastoral Ministry (IPM);

Mgr. Frankie Bajada (from the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra) – Bishop’s Delegate for Evangelisation;

Mgr. John Muscat (from the Parish of Santa Margerita, Sannat) – Bishop’s Delegate for Ecumenism and Coordinator of Ethnic Groups in the Diocese;

Mgr. John Sultana (from the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra) – Bishop’s Delegate for the Pastoral Care of Internal and External Religious Tourism and Collaborator at the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Zebbug;

the Rev. Massimo Buttigieg (from the Parish of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Victoria) – Defender of the Bond at the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Diocese of Gozo.

Four parish communities will have a new Pastor from the beginning of the Pastoral Year 2025-2026:

Mgr. Noel Saliba (from the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Zebbug) – Archpriest of the Parish of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Victoria;

Can. Daniel J. Sultana (from the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra) – Archpriest of the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra;

Rev. Michael Said (from St. Peter and St. Paul Parish, Nadur) – Archpriest of the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Zebbug;

the Rev. Joseph Hili (from the Parish of the Nativity of Mary, Xaghra) – Archpriest of the Parish of Our Lady of Loreto, Ghajnsielem.

Priests who will be providing their assistance in some Parishes:

the Rev. Massimo Buttigieg – Parish Collaborator in the Parish of St. Joseph and the Immaculate Conception, Qala;

the Rev. Emanuel Magro – Parish Collaborator at the Parish of the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Victoria;

the Rev. Alexander Refalo – Collaborator at the Parish of San Lawrenz, San Lawrenz.

Priests who will be carrying out their pastoral mission in other realities:

Mons. Tarcisio Camilleri – Administrator of the Community of Santa Lucija;

Father Arthur Cutajar ofmconv – Spiritual Director for the Order of Virgins;

the Rev. Joseph Farrugia – Spiritual Director at the Major Seminary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus;

Mgr. Guzeppi Farrugia – Rector of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Xlendi;

Mgr. Carmelo Gauci – Collaborator at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Gharb;

Rev. Samuel Grech – Collaborator at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria;

Mgr. Carmelo Refalo – Rector of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, Gharb;

Can. Michael Xuereb – Rector of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ta’ Hamet;

Rev. Gerard Buhagiar – will undertake a year of deepening and formation in the theological and Marian field outside the Diocese of Gozo;

Rev. Dominic M. Sultana – will be undertaking another year as an itinerant missionary outside Malta.

These new ministries in the Diocese of Gozo will come into effect on Sunday, the 14th of September, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. “It is in the light of love, revealed in the mystery of the Cross of Christ, that every ministry or service within the Church must find its centre and fulfilment, while being lived as a gift and service to others,” said the Diocese of Gozo.

The Church in Gozo expressed its gratitude to the priests and lay people “who have given their service with dedication and commitment in the work they have been covering until these last weeks.”

“Above all, the Church in Gozo thanks the Father for all the good that has been done through them and from which the People of God entrusted to their care have been able to enjoy.”

The Church said that all communities are encouraged to hold a moment of prayer during these weeks both in parishes and in families for these brothers and sisters.

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