Michael Franciscus Buttigieg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bishop of Gozo
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Place of Birth: Qala, Malta
About Michael Franciscus Buttigieg
- 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.
- He was ordained priest on December 21, 1816.
- Some years later in 1863 he was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Malta.
- He was consecrated by the Italian Cardinal Niccola Clarelli Parracciani on May 3, 1863 in the church of Santissima Trinità Montecitorio in Rome.
- Buttigieg was assigned the titular see of Lete. A year late, in 1864, Pope Pius IX created the Diocese of Gozo and Buttigieg was appointed as its first bishop.
- He took charge of the diocese on October 23, 1864.
- Two years later Bishop Buttigieg died in Victoria, Gozo on July 12, 1866 at the age of 72.
- He is buried in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo.
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