Home › Entities › human › Callistus Valentine Merkle

Callistus Valentine Merkle

Catholic bishop
Person human Q1027334
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Callistus Valentine Merkle is a human[1]. He was born on September 29, 1958[2]. He worked as a Catholic priest[3] and Catholic bishop[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Callistus Valentine Merkle was born on September 29, 1958[2].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle held citizenship in Nigeria[6].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle worked as a Catholic priest[3].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle worked as a Catholic bishop[4].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle held the position of diocesan bishop[7].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[8].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle is recorded as male[9].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's Commons category is recorded as Callistus Valentine Onaga[11].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's family name is recorded as Onaga[12].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's given name is recorded as Valentin[13].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's consecrator is recorded as Renzo Fratini[14].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's consecrator is recorded as Valerian Maduka Okeke[15].
  • Callistus Valentine Merkle's consecrator is recorded as Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji[16].

Body

Origins and Family

Callistus Valentine Merkle was born on September 29, 1958[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include Catholic priest[3] and Catholic bishop[4]. Callistus Valentine Merkle held the position of diocesan bishop[7].

Personal Life

Callistus Valentine Merkle's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[8].

Why It Matters

Callistus Valentine Merkle ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What did Callistus Valentine Merkle do for work?

Callistus Valentine Merkle worked as Catholic priest[3] and Catholic bishop[4].

Related Entities

Nigeria

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Callistus Valentine Merkle. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/callistus-valentine-merkle
MLA “Callistus Valentine Merkle.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 18 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/callistus-valentine-merkle.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_callistus-valentine-merkle_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Callistus Valentine Merkle}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/callistus-valentine-merkle}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-18}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Callistus Valentine Merkle — https://4ort.xyz/entity/callistus-valentine-merkle (retrieved 2026-10-18)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/callistus-valentine-merkle · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Gilldragon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gcatholic person id → 24351
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'ig', 'no', 'pl', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gcatholic person id: 24351"
  2. 5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → diocesan bishop
    Given name → Valentin
    Country of citizenship → Nigeria
    Instance of → human
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53268|batch #53268]]: add P1810 to P1047"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.