Peter Joseph Jugis
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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 |
| 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 (The love of Christ inspires us) |
| Signature |  |
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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 who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte in North Carolina since 2003.
Biography
Early life and education
Peter Jugis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 3, 1957. He was baptized at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Charlotte in 1957 by Reverend Michael J. Begley. Jugis attended South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, graduating in 1975.
Jugis enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1979. After decided to enter the priesthood, Jugis went to Rome in 1979 to resided at the Pontifical North American College. He was awarded a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1982.
Ordination and ministry
On June 12, 1983, Jugis was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Charlotte by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. He received a Licentiate of Canon Law from the Gregorian University in 1984. After returning to North Carolina, the diocese assigned Jugis to the following parish positions:
- Parochial vicar of St. Leo the Great Catholic in Winston-Salem, 1984 to 1985
- Temporary administrator of Holy Infant in Reidsville, summer 1985
- Parochial vicar of St. John Neumann in Charlotte, 1985 to 1987
In 1985, Bishop John F. Donoghue appointed Jugis as a judge on the marriage tribunal. In 1987, Jugis began studying part time at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. while serving as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Parish in Salisbury, North Carolina. In July 1991, Donoghue appointed him as judicial vicar of the diocese and parochial vicar at St. Leo the Great Catholic Parish. Jugis received his Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America in 1993.
Jugis' next parish assignments in North Carolina included :
- Pastor of Holy Infant in Reidsville from 1993 to 1996
- Pastor of Queen of the Apostles in Belmont, 1996 to 1997
- Administrator of Holy Spirit in Denver, 1998 to 1999
- Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Monroe, from 1999 to 2003
Bishop of Charlotte
On August 1, 2003, John Paul II appointed Jugis as the fourth bishop of Charlotte. On October 24, 2003, Jugis received his episcopal consecration at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte from Archbishop John Donoghue, with Bishop William Curlin and Bishop Francis Gossman serving as co-consecrators.
In 2013, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests criticized Jugis and Bishop Michael 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.
On August 17, 2018 Jugis made a statement regarding the newly-released Pennsylvania grand jury report on priests with credible accusations of sexual abuse of children. He stated that the Diocese of Charlotte was investigating allegations of sexual abuse by clergy and encouraged Catholics to pray for all sexual abuse victims.
On December 30, 2019, Jugis released a list of fourteen priests credibly accused of sexual abuse in the diocese since 1972. On July 1, 2020, Jugis announced that Reverend Patrick Hoare, the newly-appointed pastor of St Matthew Paris in Charlotte, was barred from active ministry on the recommendation of the diocese’s Lay Review Board. Hoare's suspension stemmed from an allegation of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania in the 1990s.
Viewpoints
Abortion rights
During the 2004 U.S. presidential election, Jugis said that Catholic politicians who support abortion rights for women should be denied communion unless they publicly recant their views.
Immigration
In April 2018, Jugis and Bishop Luis R. Zarama issued a joint statement calling for reform of federal immigration laws and affirming the need for compassion and justice towards undocumented immigrants.
LGBTQ rights
In 2009, Jugis endorsed an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that banned same sex marriage. On April 23, 2015, Jugis banned New Ways Ministry co-founder Sister Jeannine Gramick from speaking at St. Peter Catholic Church in Charlotte. A diocese spokesperson said the diocese cancelled Gramick's appearance because Grammick opposed Catholic teachings on human sexuality.
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, Jugis issued liturgical norms for Diocese of Charlotte. In 2006, he reminded his priests that they were only allow to perform the mandatum, the washing of feet during Holy Thursday, on male parishioners.
In December 2023, Jugis announced that the Vatican had approved the use of the Tridentine mass at four parishes in the diocese for the next two years.