Miguel Pedro Mundo

The Most Reverend
Miguel P. Mundo
Bishop of Jataí
Province Goiânia
Diocese Jataí
Appointed February 24, 1999
Term ended May 18, 1999
Predecessor Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M.
Successor Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P.
Orders
Ordination May 19, 1962
by Celestine Damiano
Consecration June 2, 1978
by George Henry Guilfoyle
Personal details
Born July 25, 1937
Staten Island, New York, United States
Died May 18, 1999(1999-05-18) (aged 61)
Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
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Miguel Pedro Mundo (July 25, 1937 – May 18, 1999) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church in the Brazil. He served as the Bishop of Jataí from February to May in 1999.

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]

References

  1. "Bishop Miguel Pedro Mundo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  2. "Diocese of Jataí". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M.
Bishop of Jataí, Brazil
19991999
Succeeded by
Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P.
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