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Francis Mugavero
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.
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 .
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.
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. The diocese established its first apostolates in 1972 for the Italian, Haitian, Polish, Korean, Croatian, and Spanish communities. Mugavero often called Brooklyn "the diocese of immigrants," and was proud that mass was celebrated there in 14 languages.
The Nehemiah Project was formally announced by Mugavero and the East Brooklyn Churches in June, 1982. Named for Nehemiah, the biblical prophet who oversaw the reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem, the plan was to build homes on vacant land in eastern Brooklyn and offer the homes to low income buyers buyers. By 1985, the Nehemiah Project had constructed 300 row houses in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn at an average cost of $51,000. The project sold the homes to families with incomes averaging less than $25,000.
In 1970, Veronica Lueken, a resident of the Bayside section of Queens, claimed to have seen her first apparition of the Virgin Mary. Over the next 25 years, she reported more apparitions of Mary, along with those of Jesus Christ and some of the saints. Lueken reported receiving messages criticizing the changes from the Second Vatican Council, the revival of the permanent diaconate and other reforms in the Catholic Church. In 1986, Mugavero issued a declaration concerning Lueken's visions;
"I, the undersigned Diocesan Bishop of Brooklyn, in my role as the legitimate shepherd of this particular Church, wish to confirm the constant position of the Diocese of Brooklyn that a thorough investigation revealed that the alleged "visions of Bayside" completely lacked authenticity".
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Francis Mugavero
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.
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 .
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.
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. The diocese established its first apostolates in 1972 for the Italian, Haitian, Polish, Korean, Croatian, and Spanish communities. Mugavero often called Brooklyn "the diocese of immigrants," and was proud that mass was celebrated there in 14 languages.
The Nehemiah Project was formally announced by Mugavero and the East Brooklyn Churches in June, 1982. Named for Nehemiah, the biblical prophet who oversaw the reconstruction of the walls of Jerusalem, the plan was to build homes on vacant land in eastern Brooklyn and offer the homes to low income buyers buyers. By 1985, the Nehemiah Project had constructed 300 row houses in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn at an average cost of $51,000. The project sold the homes to families with incomes averaging less than $25,000.
In 1970, Veronica Lueken, a resident of the Bayside section of Queens, claimed to have seen her first apparition of the Virgin Mary. Over the next 25 years, she reported more apparitions of Mary, along with those of Jesus Christ and some of the saints. Lueken reported receiving messages criticizing the changes from the Second Vatican Council, the revival of the permanent diaconate and other reforms in the Catholic Church. In 1986, Mugavero issued a declaration concerning Lueken's visions;
"I, the undersigned Diocesan Bishop of Brooklyn, in my role as the legitimate shepherd of this particular Church, wish to confirm the constant position of the Diocese of Brooklyn that a thorough investigation revealed that the alleged "visions of Bayside" completely lacked authenticity".