Archbishop Paul Cremona has appointed Father Evan Caruana to be the new parish priest of Our Lady of Grace in Żabbar.
Fr Caruana was born on February 2, 1959 and studied at De La Salle College in Vittoriosa.
He read philosophy and theology at the University of Malta. Ordained a priest on July 11, 1986, Fr Caruana started his pastoral work in the parish of St Peter of Chains in Birżebbuġa.
In 1991, he was appointed parish priest of Santa Marija in Gudja where he served for 13 years. For the past 11 years, he was the archpriest of Maria Bambina parish in Naxxar.
The Żabbar parish has more than 17,000 people in 5,400 families.