Nicolas M. Mondejar

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Mollenedo and the surname or paternal family name is Mondejar.
The Most Reverend

Nicolas M. Mondejar
Bishop Emeritus of Diocese of San Carlos
ChurchCatholic
ProvinceRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos
SeeSan Carlos
Appointed21 November 1987
Installed10 February 1988
Term ended25 July 2001
PredecessorNew creation
SuccessorJose Advincula
Other post(s)Asst. editor of Veritas, Jaro, Iloilo City, 1953-1957
Asst. parish priest, La Paz, Iloilo City1953-1957
Psychiatric social worker and marriage counsellor, Catholic Charities, Brooklyn, New York, 1959-1961
Representative of the Diocesan Catholic Charities to the Domestic 1961-1962
Relations Court, Brooklyn, New York 1961-1962
Youth Counsellor, Lincoln Hall, New York, 1963-1965
Psychiatric social worker, Catholic Charities, Brooklyn, New York, 1965-1969
Auxiliary bishop, Cebu, 1970-1975
Chairman, NASSA, CBCP, 1976-1980
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu and Bishop of Romblon
Orders
ConsecrationAugust 30, 1970
by Archbishop Carmine Rocco and co-Consecrated Bishop Antonio Frondosa and Bishop Manuel Sandalo Salvador
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar

(1924-09-15)15 September 1924
Cabatuan, Iloilo, Philippine Islands
Died10 February 2019(2019-02-10) (aged 94)
San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Philippines
BuriedSan Carlos Borromeo Cathedral and Parish, San Carlos, Negros Occidental, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
DenominationRoman Catholicism
Coat of arms
Styles of
Nicolas Mondejar
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency

Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar (15 September 1924 – 10 February 2019) was a Filipino Catholic bishop. He was the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Romblon from 1974 to 1987 after his appointment to the Bishop of San Carlos, Negros Occidental. He later became its bishop-emeritus.[1][2]

Life and career

Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar was born on 15 September 1924 in the municipality of Cabatuan in Iloilo in the Philippines. He was ordained a priest on 4 April 1953 in San Miguel, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Seventeen years later he was ordained as a bishop, on 30 August 1970 in Jaro, Iloilo.[1]

Mondejar died on 10 February 2019, age 94.[3]

Education

Mondejar attended the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in philosophy and obtained a licentiate of philosophy. In 1947, he earned a licentiate in theology in the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary. He also went to Fordham University in New York in 1959 and earned a master's degree in social services.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Most Rev. Nicolas M. Mondejar, D.D". Cbcponline.net. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. ^ "Bishop Nicolas Mollenedo Mondejar [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  3. ^ "Church mourns death of 2 bishops". Rappler. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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