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Alfred Xuereb (born 14 October 1958 in Victoria on the Maltese island of Gozo) is an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and first private secretary of Pope Francis. Before being selected he had served next to the private secretary Georg Gänswein as second private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI.Having studied philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in Malta Xuereb was ordained a priest in 1984.