Peter Joseph Jugis
Peter Joseph Jugis | |
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| Bishop of Charlotte | |
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| Diocese | Charlotte |
| Appointed | August 1, 2003 |
| Installed | October 24, 2003 |
| Predecessor | William George Curlin |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 12, 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Consecration | October 24, 2003 by John Francis Donoghue, William G. Curlin, and F. Joseph Gossman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1957 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Charlotte (B.A., 1979) Pontifical North American College (1984) Pontifical Gregorian University (S.T.B., 1982; J.C.L., 1984) The Catholic University of America (J.C.D., 1993) |
| Motto | CARITAS CHRISTI URGET NOS |
| Signature |  |
| Styles of Peter Joseph Jugis | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Peter Joseph Jugis (born March 3, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as the fourth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. He succeeded Bishop William George Curlin as bishop of the diocese and is seated at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Biography[]
Early life and education[]
Peter Joseph Jugis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 3, 1957, and baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in 1957 by a priest who later became Bishop Michael J. Begley, the first Bishop of Charlotte. He attended South Mecklenburg High School and graduated in 1975. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he obtained a B.A. in Business Administration in 1979. He studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy, from 1979 to 1984, and received a Theology degree (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1982.
Ordination and ministry[]
Jugis was ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 1983, by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.[1] He received a licentiate degree in canon law (J.C.L.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, in 1984 and a doctorate in canon law (J.C.D.) from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1993.[citation needed]
After ordination he was assigned to various parishes around the Charlotte area. In July 1991 he was appointed Judicial Vicar of the diocesan marriage tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.[2]
Bishop of Charlotte[]
Pope John Paul II appointed Jugis as the fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte on August 1, 2003.[citation needed] When his appointment as bishop was announced he was pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe, North Carolina, and judicial vicar of the diocesan marriage tribunal. He received episcopal consecration at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte on October 24, 2003, from Archbishop John Francis Donoghue, with Bishop William George Curlin and Bishop Francis Joseph Gossman serving as co-consecrators.
During the 2004 presidential election he said that politicians who support legal abortion should be denied Holy Communion unless they publicly recant their views.[3]
In 2009 he endorsed a bill opposing gay marriage.[4]
In 2013 Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests criticized Jugis and Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge for not warning families in their diocese about Raymond P. Melville, a former Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse in Maine and in Maryland, who had moved to North Carolina.[5][6]
On April 23, 2015, Jugis prevented New Ways Ministry co-founder Sister Jeannine Gramick from offering a talk within his diocese. The diocese's spokesperson claimed that Sister Grammick had previously been judged by the Vatican to be in opposition to Catholic teachings on human sexuality.[7]
On August 17, 2018 Jugis made a statement regarding allegations of sexual misconduct against Church leaders after a grand jury report named 301 Catholic priests who abused children in Pennsylvania. Jugis stated that investigations were going on in order to take appropriate action, and he encouraged people to pray for all victims of sexual abuse.[8]
On December 30, 2019 Bishop Jugis released a list of fourteen priests credibly accused of sexual abuse in the diocese since 1972.[9][10][11]
Liturgy[]
- In 2005, following the publication of the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia, its subsequent English translation, the accompanying General Instruction of the Roman Missal, and the publication instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum, he issued liturgical norms for Diocese of Charlotte.[12]
- In 2006 he reminded his priests that if they chose to wash parishioners' feet during Holy Thursday services (the mandatum), the liturgical law (at that time) mandated that the ceremony was to be reserved to men's feet only.[13]
- He supports the celebration of Mass according to the Traditional Latin Mass in his diocese, as has been explicitly permitted by the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum issued by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.[14][15]
- He offers Mass at his cathedral using the Benedictine altar arrangement (six candles and a crucifix placed prominently on the altar) and has been seen to offer Mass ad orientem or ad apsidum.[16]
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ "Bishop Peter Joseph Jugis".
- ^ "Biography: Bishop Peter J. Jugis, J.C.D." Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Charlotte's Roman Catholic bishop says pro-abortion politicians aren't worthy to receive communion". Archived from the original on 2006-03-16. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Charlotte NC Bishop endorses anti gay marriage bill".
- ^ Harrison, Judy (12 November 2013). "Supreme court rules against Augusta man in his suit against Catholic diocese over priest abuse". Bangor Daily News Augusta. Bangor Publishing Company. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "NC - Alleged predator priest, now in NC, gets "off the hook"". Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Charlotte bishop cancels gay ministry talk at church".
- ^ "Charlotte bishop issues statement on allegations of sexual misconduct against Church leaders". Catholic News Herald. Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ http://catholicnewsherald.com/88-news/fp/5296-accountability
- ^ http://catholicnewsherald.com/88-news/fp/5298-bishop-peter-jugis-announces-release-of-list-of-credibly-accused-clergy
- ^ https://accountability.charlottediocese.org/
- ^ "Liturgical Norms of the Diocese of Charlotte". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Bishop Jugis: Holy Thursday Foot-washing for men only".
- ^ "Church of St. Ann, Charlotte, North Carolina".
- ^ "Wonderful news in Charlotte".
- ^ "Bishop blesses St. Joseph Monastery" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
External links[]
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- People from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Bishops in North Carolina
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- American traditionalist Catholics
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- Catholic University of America alumni
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