Nicolas M. Mondejar

His Excellency The Most Reverend
Nicolas Mondejar
Roman Catholic Bishop of Romblon
Church Roman Catholic
Province Capiz
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Romblon
Appointed 19 December 1974
Installed 19 December 1974
Term ended 21 November 1987
Predecessor New creation
Successor Vicente Salgado y Garrucho
Other posts Asst. Editor, Veritas, Jaro, Iloilo City 1953-1957
Asst. Parish Priest, La Paz, Iloilo City1953-1957
Psychiatric Social Worker & 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
Orders
Ordination 30 August 1970
Rank bishop
Personal details
Birth name Nicolas Mondejar
Born (1924-09-15) September 15, 1924
Cabatuan, Iloilo
Nationality Filipino
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Styles of
Nicolas Mondejar
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency

Nicolas M. Mondejar, D.D. (born 15 September 1924) is a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop. He was the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Romblon from 1974 to 1987 after his appointment to the bishopric of San Carlos, Negros Occidental. He is now its Bishop-Emeritus.[1][2]

History

His Most Reverend Nicolas M. Mondejar was born on the 15th of September 1924 in the municipality of Cabatuan in Iloilo in the Philippines. He was ordained to be priest on the 4th pf April 1953 in San Miguel, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila and seventeen years later, was ordained to be bishop on the 30th of August 1970 in Jaro, Iloilo.[1]

Education

His Most Reverend attended UST with a degree in Philosophy and obtained a licentiate of philosophy. In 1947, he earned a licentiate in Theology in UST Central Seminary. He also went to Fordham University in New York in 1959 and earned his Master's degree of Social services.[1]

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Catholic Church titles
New creation Bishop of Romblon
1974 – 1987
Succeeded by
Vicente Salgado y Garrucho


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