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BRINCAT EMMANUEL (22.1.05-3.1.86). Archpriest and author. Born in Paola, Brincat after being installed as canon of Senglea, was nominated parish priest of Senglea in 1940. During World War II, Brincat remained in a city heavily bombed and consequently abondoned by most of its inhabitants to assist those who were determined to stay behind. With a half-destroyed parish-church, he transferred the parish to the church of the Porto Salvo known as St Philip. He carried all that was precious out of Senglea to a safe place. The inhabitants of that city admired him for his courage and dedication to his flock. In 1943 King George VI visited the besieged city. Later on Brincat published his memoirs in a book entitled Senglea during the Second Great War: 1940-44. In a period of reconstruction of the city and of the parish church, Brincat, on account of his ill health, left Senglea in 1947, to serve archpriest of Zejtun. In 1954 he was nominated canon of the Metropolitan Cathedral chapter. For some years he served as archpriest of the Cathedral. At a mature age, he obtained a doctorate in canon law from Rome. |
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