Migrant priest dies

A Maltese priest who played a major role among Maltese emigrants in Canada, has died, the Curia said. He was 83. Fr Lawrence Bonavia emigrated to Canada in 1948, and was the instigator for the building of a new church in the parish of St Paul the...

A Maltese priest who played a major role among Maltese emigrants in Canada, has died, the Curia said. He was 83.

Fr Lawrence Bonavia emigrated to Canada in 1948, and was the instigator for the building of a new church in the parish of St Paul the Apostle in Toronto.

A Mass in his memory is being organised by the Emigrants' Commission and the Maltese Canadian Association, at Dar l-Emigrant in Valletta on June 27 at 6 p.m.

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