Mgr Martin Micallef, son of John Micallef and Jane née Bugeja, was born in Luqa on the 10th of November, 1967.
He began his studies at the Luqa Primary School, continued at the Minor Seminary in Rabat, and the New Lyceum in Msida. In September 1987, he entered the Archbishop’s Major Seminary to prepare for the priesthood. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Malta in 1990, another in Theology in 1994, and a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology in 1996.
He was ordained a deacon on the 25th of November 1994 in the Parish of Luqa and ordained a priest on the 5th of July 1996. He served as vice-parish priest at Tal-Ibraġ parish, in Swieqi and later as parish priest of Ħal Għaxaq from 2000 to 2005, and Marsascala from 2005 to 2008.
