Peter Joseph Jugis
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Peter Joseph Jugis |
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| Bishop of Charlotte | |
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| Archdiocese | Atlanta |
| Diocese | Charlotte |
| Appointed | August 1, 2003 |
| Installed | October 24, 2003 |
| Predecessor | William George Curlin |
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| Ordination | June 12, 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Consecration | October 24, 2003 by John Francis Donoghue, William G. Curlin, and F. Joseph Gossman |
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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 |
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Styles of Peter Joseph Jugis |
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| 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.
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.
Jugis was ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 1983, by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. 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.
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