Fr Mario Tong has been appointed parish priest of Ibraġ.
He previously served in the diocese of Gibraltar and the diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.
He was later parish priest of St Joseph the Worker parish in Birkirkara, vice parish priest of Zabbar and parish priest of Marsaxlokk, Archpriest of Mosta, archbpriest of St Paul's Shipwreck parish in Valletta and chaplain at the hospital.