New parish priest for Ħamrun

Fr Mario Mifsud has been appointed as the new parish priest of Ħamrun.

Fr Mario was born on May 17th, 1963, and raised in Ħamrun. He attended primary and secondary education at the Ħamrun Lyceum and, later, the Archbishop's Seminary. He continued with his tertiary studies at the University of Malta where he graduated as an accountant in 1988. In the same year, he entered the Major Seminary and continued his studies at the Faculty of Theology at the University.

Fr Mario was ordained on 16 September 16th, 1994. He started his pastoral work as vice parish priest in Tarxien. In 1996 he was appointed parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, Paola, where he served for seven years. In 2003 he was appointed parish priest of Qrendi.

The Ħamrun Parish contains approximately 4,000 people in more than 1,500 families.