Fr Sandro Overend Rigillo OFM has been appointed Apostolic Vicar for Benghazi by Pope Francis.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna, bishop Anton Teuma and auxiliary bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi congratulated the bishop-elect and promised him their prayers.
Fr Overend Rigillo succeeds Bishop Sylvester Magro, who stepped down a few years ago on turning 75. He died in 2018.