Fr Denis Schembri, born in 1951 and raised in St Julians, has been appointed parish priest of St Lucy’s parish in Mtarfa.
Ordained priest in 1975 he was appointed vice parish priest in Senglea and served as vice parish priest of Zabbar, and rector at Tal-Ibragg and Pembroke.
He has also been the parish priest Turin, Italy between 1992 and 2012.