Francis Mugavero
Catholic bishop (1914-1991)
Francis John Mugavero (June 8, 1914 – July 12, 1991) was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Brooklyn in New York from 1968 to 1990.
Early life
Francis Mugavero (pronounced Ma-GUV-e-ro) was born on June 8, 1914, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and grew up over his father's barber shop. He studied at Cathedral College in Brooklyn and the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York. Mugavero received a Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University in the Bronx .
Priesthood
Mugavero was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Thomas Edmund Molloy in Brooklyn on May 18, 1940, at age 25.In 1965, Mugavero served as master of ceremonies at the Vatican Pavilion of the New York World's Fair in Queens during the papal visit of Pope Paul VI. Mugavero eventually ran the diocesan branch of Catholic Charities.
Bishop of Brooklyn
On July 15, 1968, Paul VI named Mugavero as the fifth bishop of Brooklyn. He became the first Brooklyn native and the first Italian-American to become bishop of the diocese. Mugavero was consecrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Brooklyn on September 12, 1968. His consecrator was Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, with Archbishop Terence Cooke and Bishop John Joseph Boardman as co-consecrators.
In 1971, Mugavero established the Catholic Migration Office to serve immigrants and refugees in the diocese.
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