Bishop Malachy John Goltok †

Deceased

Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jul 1965		Born
4 Nov 1990	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Jos, Nigeria
18 Mar 2011	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
19 May 2011	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
21 Mar 2015	49.6	Died	Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria

MicroData Summary
Malachy John Goltok
Bishop Malachy John Goltok
(born 12 Jul 1965, died 21 Mar 2015)
Bishop of Bauchi

Event Place
Birth Place Bauchi
Ordained Bishop Grounds, Immaculate Conception Secondary School, Bauchi, Diocese of Bauchi

a priest for 24.3 years
a bishop for 3.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †
Bishop of Jos
Principal Consecrator:
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien †
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Michael Hammawa
Bishop of Jalingo
Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A. †
Bishop of Shendam

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O’Brien † (1985)
Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray † (1951)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara
Archbishop William Godfrey † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Cius
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1886623

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2011
ob: CB, 11 Apr 2011
c1+: CB, 24 May 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,058
d: CB, 21 Mar 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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