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.

The Right Reverend Michael Franciscus Buttigieg
Bishop of Gozo
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Gozo
Appointed	22 September 1864
In office	1864-1866
Successor	Antonius Grech Delicata Testaferrata
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1816
Consecration	3 May 1863 by Niccola Paracciani Clarelli
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1793-11-03)November 3, 1793 Qala, Malta
Died	July 12, 1866(1866-07-12) (aged 72) Victoria, Gozo, Malta
Buried	Gozo Cathedral
Nationality	Maltese
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (1863-1864)

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 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.[2] 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.