Michael Franciscus Buttigieg
The Right Reverend Michael Franciscus Buttigieg | |
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Victoria, Gozo, Malta | |
| Buried | Gozo Cathedral |
| Nationality | Maltese |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (1863-1864) |
Michael Franciscus Buttigieg (3 November 1793 – 12 July 1866) was a Maltese prelate who became the first Bishop of Gozo in 1864.
Buttigieg was born on November 3, 1793, in Qala, Gozo, Malta and baptized in St Peter and St Paul parish church of Nadur (Qala was at the time part of the Nadur parish). He was ordained priest on December 21, 1816. Some years later, in 1863, he was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta.[1] He was consecrated by Cardinal Niccola Paracciani Clarelli on May 3, 1863, in the church of Santissima Trinità Montecitorio in Rome. Buttigieg was assigned the titular see of Lete.
A year later, in 1864, Pope
Victoria, Gozo
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References
- Diocese of Gozo, Malta. 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Bishop Michael Franciscus Buttigieg". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.