Archbishop Mgr Mercieca has nominated Fr Valentino Borg as director for the diocesan homes for the elderly and as chairperson of the Elderly Homes Commission.
Fr Borg was born in Tarxien on 29 December 1954 and was ordained priest on 11 July 1981. He taught at the Archbishop’s Seminary for a year before becoming vice-parish priest of Tarxien in 1982.
Between December 1986 and June 1988 Fr Borg was the Archbishop’s delegate on liturgy. In May 1994 he became vice-parish priest in Attard, and in November 1995 was appointed parish priest of Gharghur. He was also parish priest on Mgarr from March 1998 and parish priest of Msida from April 2003.