Fr Wistin Vella will be installed as the new parish priest of Ta’ Xbiex by Archbishop Paul Cremona on November 23 during the 6 p.m. Mass.

Born in Mellieħa, Fr Vella joined the Teresian Carmelites at St Theresa’s in Cospicua as aspirant in his mid teens. He was ordained priest in 1975. He served as formation master in Malta and Taiwan, superior at Cospicua, Tas-Silġ and Taiwan and chaplain in an elderly home.

He is currently a religious counsellor in secondary state schools and is also the editor of Carmelite vocational and spirituality publications.

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