Miguel Pedro Mundo Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Miguel P. Mundo
Bishop of Jataí
Province:Goiânia
Diocese:Jataí
Appointed:February 24, 1999
Term End:May 18, 1999
Predecessor:Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M.
Successor:Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P.
Ordination:May 19, 1962
Ordained By:Celestine Damiano
Consecration:June 2, 1978
Consecrated By:George Henry Guilfoyle
Birth Date:July 25, 1937
Birth Place:Staten Island, New York, United States
Death Place:Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí (1978–1999)

Miguel Pedro Mundo (July 25, 1937 – May 18, 1999) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil. In the Diocese of Jataí, he served as Auxiliary Bishop from 1978 to 1999, then Bishop of Jataí for the last three months of his life.

Biography

Born in Staten Island, New York, Mundo was ordained a priest on May 19, 1962, for the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey.

On March 6, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Blanda Julia and Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí. He was consecrated by Bishop George Guilfoyle of Camden on June 2, 1978. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M., of Jataí and Camden Auxiliary Bishop James Schad.

Pope John Paul II appointed Mundo to succeed Coscia as Bishop of Jataí on February 24, 1999. He died three months later on May 18, 1999, at the age of 61.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Miguel Pedro Mundo. Catholic-Hierarchy. 2014-02-16.
  2. Web site: Diocese of Jataí. Giga-Catholic. 2014-02-16.