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.
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Jataí (1978–1999)
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

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]

References

1. "Bishop Miguel Pedro Mundo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-16.^[self-published source]
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 1999–1999	Succeeded by Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P.