Balthasar Waltkirk

His Excellency

Balthasar Waltkirk
His Excellency; Balthasar Waltkirk
Bishop of Malta
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Malta
Appointed	1530
In office	1530
Predecessor	Girolamo Ghinucci
Successor	Tommaso Bosio
Orders
Consecration	1530
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Died	1530
Nationality	German

Balthasar Waltkirk (died 1530) was a German Roman Catholic prelate who became the Bishop of Malta in 1530.

Biography

After the resignation of Cardinal Girolamo Ghinucci as Bishop of Malta in 1530, Pope Clement VII appointed Waltkirk as his successor in Malta. Waltkirk was appointed in the same year when the Knights Hospitallers arrived in Malta. Waltkirk died in the same year of his nomination and never managed to come to Malta.[1]

References

Bonnici, Alexander; Schiavone, Michael J. (2007). Minn Publju sa Pawlu: L-Isqfijiet ta' Malta, ta' Ghawdex, u Isqfijiet Ohra Maltin [From Publius to Paul: The Bishops of Malta, Gozo, and Other Maltese Bishops] (in Maltese). Pieta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 8. OCLC 254299827.

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[1] Bonnici, Alexander; Schiavone, Michael J. (2007). Minn Publju sa Pawlu: L-Isqfijiet ta' Malta, ta' Ghawdex, u Isqfijiet Ohra Maltin [From Publius to Paul: The Bishops of Malta, Gozo, and Other Maltese Bishops] (in Maltese). Pieta: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 8. OCLC 254299827.