Church Roman Catholic Birth name Nicolas Mondejar Term ended November 21, 1987 Rank bishop Ordination August 30, 1970 | Predecessor New creation Appointed December 19, 1974 Installed 19 December 1974 Name Nicolas Mondejar | |
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 Successor Vicente Salgado y Garrucho Province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz | ||
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.
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History
His Most Reverend Nicolas M. Mondejar was born on 15 September 1924 in the municipality of Cabatuan in Iloilo in the Philippines. He was ordained to be priest on 4 April 1953 in San Miguel, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila and seventeen years later, was ordained to be bishop on 30 August 1970 in Jaro, Iloilo.
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.