Malachy John Goltok (12 July 1965 in

Bauchi Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ...

– 21 March 2015 in

Jos Jos is a city in the north central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State. During British ...

) was the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi The Diocese of Bauchi ( la, Bauchian(us)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, y ...

, Nigeria. He was ordained a priest by Bishop of Jos,

Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka was the Roman Catholic Bishop (later Archbishop) of Jos, Nigeria. Born 24 May 1937 in Pankshin, he was ordained a priest on 4 July 1965. On 17 May 1973, aged 36, he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Jos and as titular B ...

on 4 November 1990 and appointed as second Bishop of Bauchi on 18 March 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. He died 21 March 2015 after a short serious illness.Bishop Malachy John Goltok
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