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Daniel Henry Mueggenborg

Daniel Henry Mueggenborg

American Catholic bishop

Daniel Henry Mueggenborg (born April 15, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Reno in Nevada since 2021. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State from 2017 to 2021.

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Biography

Daniel Mueggenborg was born in Okarche, Oklahoma, to Paul Bernard and Dolores Lucille (née Kerntke) Mueggenborg. He received his early education at the parochial school at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he attended mass and served as an altar boy. Mueggenborg belonged to the Boy Scouts of America and received the Eagle Scout Award in 1980.[1][2][3]

Mueggenborg entered Oklahoma State University (OSU) to pursue a science degree. He later said that he did not want to become a priest at that point. However, in the spring of 1981, he served at a mass in Oklahoma that was celebrated by Reverend Stanley Rother, a missionary serving in Guatemala. On July 28, 1981, Rother was murdered in Guatemala by a right-wing death squad. According to Mueggenborg, Rother's service and martyrdom for the Catholic Church inspired him to pursue the priesthood. After graduating from OSU in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology, he entered St. Meinrad Seminary in Saint Meinrad, Indiana.[1]

Mueggenborg in 1985 traveled to Rome to attend the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. As a seminarian, he worked alongside the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poor in Rome. On one occasion, he celebrated a mass attended by the founder of the order, Mother Teresa. Back in Oklahoma for a summer, Mueggenborg volunteered as a hospital minister in intensive care units and cardiac wards at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. He spent a second summer in Mugumu, Tanzania, working alongside Maryknoll Missionaries.[1]

Mueggenborg was ordained to the diaconate on April 6, 1989, at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome; he was granted an audience the next day with Pope John Paul II at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.[1]He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University in 1989 [1][4]

Priesthood

On July 14, 1989, Mueggenborg was ordained by Archbishop Eusebius Beltran to the priesthood for the Diocese of Tulsa at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa.[5]

After his 1989 ordination, the diocese assigned Mueggenborg as an associate pastor at Church of St. Mary Parish in Tulsa. He was transferred to perform the same role in 1990 to St. John Parish in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. That same year, he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology in biblical theology from in 1990 Mueggenborg returned to Tulsa in 1991 to become chaplain at Bishop Kelley High School and associate pastor of Saint Pius X Parish. He would hold both positions for the next four years.[4]

Mueggenborg was moved from Tulsa in 1994 to serve as administrator pro-tempore of Saint Cecilia Parish in Claremont, Oklahoma, then in 1996 to Bixby, Oklahoma, to be pastor of Magdalene Parish. He returned to Bartlesville in 2001 to serve as pastor at St. Clement Parish for the next five years. Mueggenborg went to Rome in 2006 to work as assistant director of formation advising at the Pontifical North American College for one year.[4]

Additionally, Mueggenborg served on the boards of directors for Ascension Healthcare and Catholic Charities of Tulsa.[6] The Vatican named Mueggenborg a monsignor in 2004.

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle

Bishop Mueggenborg holding the host during a mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sparks, Nevada

Pope Francis appointed Mueggenborg as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Seattle on April 6, 2017.[4] On May 31, 2017, he was consecrated by Archbishop J. Peter Sartain at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, with Bishops David Konderla and Eusebio de la Luz Elizondo Almaguer serving as co-consecrators.[5]

Bishop of Reno

Bishop Mueggenborg at St Rose of Lima Parish in Reno, Nevada, with the Rite of the Elect from St Michael's Catholic Church from Stead, Nevada

On July 20, 2021, Pope Francis appointed Mueggenborg as bishop of the Diocese of Reno, succeeding Bishop Randolph Calvo. Mueggenborg was installed on September 24, 2021.[7][8][5]

Publications

Books

  • Come Follow Me. Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year C (Angelwing Publishing, 2015) [9]
  • Come Follow Me: Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year A (Angelwing Publishing, 2016) [10]
  • Come Follow Me: Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year B (Angelwing Publishing, 2017) [11]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Mueggenborg, Daniel. "Rev. Msgr. Daniel H. Mueggenborg: Brief Biographical Sketch" (PDF). Christ the King Catholic Church. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Bishop Mueggenborg". Diocese of Reno. 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. [3]
    "Seattle Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Daniel H. Mueggenborg Appointed to Diocese of Reno" (PDF). Archdiocese of Seattle. July 20, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Pope Names Priest as New Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Bishop Daniel Henry Mueggenborg [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. [6]
    "Most Rev. Daniel Mueggenborg". Focus Ministries. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. [7]
    "VATICAN APPOINTS THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL MUEGGENBORG THE NEW BISHOP OF RENO". Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Rinunce e nomine, 20.07.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  9. [9]
    Mueggenborg, Daniel H. (October 2015). Come Follow Me. Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year C. Gracewing. ISBN 978-0852448762.
  10. [10]
    Mueggenborg, Daniel H. (October 2016). Come Follow Me: Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year A. Gracewing. ISBN 978-0852448779.
  11. [11]
    Mueggenborg, Daniel H. (16 June 2017). Come Follow Me: Discipleship Reflections on the Sunday Gospel Readings for Liturgical Year B. Gracewing. ISBN 978-0852448786.
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