Miguel Pedro Mundo (July 25, 1937 – May 18, 1999) was an American-born

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of the

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. 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

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, Mundo was ordained a priest on May 19, 1962, for the Diocese of Camden in

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. On March 6, 1978,

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appointed him as the

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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.

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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.

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