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Canon John Muscat was recntly appointed parish priest of Fontana. He takes over from Fr Joseph Bajada.
Canon Muscat, who is from Sannat, was ordained priest by Pope John Paul II in Rome on May 31, 1984, and worked in Camden, New Jersey, where his duties included promoting vocations and links between Jews and Catholics and directing the Catholic Relief Services for the missions in Brazil. He was also assistant spiritual director in the seminary of St Charles in Philadelphia.
Canon Muscat followed a four-year clinical psychology course at Pennsylvania University.
He returned to Malta in 2007 and was rector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Xlendi and a member of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Gozo.