{"id":3671,"date":"2026-05-05T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofm.mt\/ofmmt\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:51:56","slug":"br-ramon-farrugia-ofm-new-minister-provincial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofm.mt\/ofmmt\/br-ramon-farrugia-ofm-new-minister-provincial\/","title":{"rendered":"Br. Ramon Farrugia OFM \u2013 New Minister Provincial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Br. Ramon Farrugia was born in \u017babbar, Malta, on 26 April 1986, son of Raymond<br>and Ines n\u00e9e Buttigieg.<br>He entered the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor as a Novice at San Damiano in<br>Assisi on 8 September 2010 and made his Temporary Profession on 5<br>September 2011.<br>On 7 September 2015 he made his Solemn Profession.<br>He studied Philosophy and Theology at the Pontificia Universit\u00e0 Antonianum in<br>Rome, while residing in the formation house of the Immaculate Conception<br>Province and in the friary of San Gregorio Settimo in Rome.<br>He was ordained Deacon by Archbishop Charles Scicluna on 28 October 2016.<br>The same Archbishop Scicluna ordained him Priest on 30 June 2017.<br>As a priest Ramon Farrugia ministered in the Franciscan churches of Rabat and<br>Valletta.<br>He was Provincial Secretary from 2017 to 2023, Provincial Definitor and<br>Economo from 2020 to 2026. During the same period he has been Guardian of<br>the Valletta fraternity, Rector of the Church of Santa Marija ta\u2019 \u0120es\u00f9, Chaplain<br>of St. Ursola Monastery (2020-2023), Spiritual Assistant of the<br>Archconfraternity of the Holy Crucifix in the same Franciscan church and was<br>appointed as member of the \u201cKummissjoni Patrimonju Kulturali Kattoliku\u201d<br>(KPKK), the Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission of the Archdiocese of<br>Malta.<br>During his years of office as Guardian in Valletta he undertook the task of a<br>thorough restoration of the church and friary buildings, as well as of a great<br>number of works of art present in the same church and friary.<br>He has also been instrumental in organizing the pastoral activity of the<br>Franciscan church in order to open it for liturgical and pastoral services of other<br>Christian communities in Malta, and for this reason he welcomed in the<br>Franciscan friary the presence of three Franciscan brothers coming from India,<br>Pakistan and the Philippines.<br>Ramon Farrugia has been elected Minister Provincial of the Maltese OFM<br>Province of Saint Paul the Apostle for the period 2026-2032. 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