Michael Gobal Gokum

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Michael Gobal Gokum (born February 18, 1964 in Kadyis , Plateau , Nigeria ) is Bishop of Pankshin .

Life

Michael Gobal Gokum was born on February 18, 1964 in Kadyis (Pankshin Local Governement, Plateau) in the Archdiocese of Jos. In 1978 he entered the St. Augustine Major Seminary in Jos, where he studied philosophy and theology from 1984-1991.

On November 16, 1991, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, he was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Jos .

In 1995 he was sent to the Archbishop of Abuja as a Fidei Donum priest at the request of the Archbishop of Abuja . After ordination, he held the following offices: 1991–1994 Pastor of St. Mary's Tafawa Balewa Parish (Bauchi State); 1995–1996 pastor of St. Theresa's Parish, Bwari (Abuja); 1996–2002 pastor of Murumba Parish (Igu, Abuja); Chairman of the Archdiocese's Catechesis Committee and Chaplain of the Catholic Women Association .

From 2002–2004 he studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ( Angelicum ) in Rome as a guest of the Pontifical Irish College. 2005–2006 he was pastor of the Parish Immaculate Conception (Abuja), 2006–2012 pastor of the Ss. Peter and Paul Parish (Nyanya, Abuja). Since 2012 he has been the administrator of the Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Nigeria in Abuja and dean of the Garki deanery, the archdiocese's commissioner for catechesis teaching and chaplain of the archdiocese's youth groups.

On March 18, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him the first bishop of the diocese of Pankshin, which was established on the same date . The Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan , ordained him episcopal on June 12 of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama , and the Bishop of Shendam , James Naanman Daman OSA .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.fides.org/en/news/35426#.Uyo0AKPD8XA Accessed March 19, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Gokum, Michael Gobal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian clergyman, Bishop of Pankshin
DATE OF BIRTH 18th February 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Kadyis , Plateau , Nigeria