Michael Mulhall is a Canadian

Canada

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 prelate

Prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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. He is the eighth and current Bishop of Pembroke

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Pembroke on 4 May 1898...

.

Biography

One of five children, Michael Mulhall was born in Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario

Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, to Vernon and Maureen (née Hickey) Mulhall. He attended Trent University

Trent University

Trent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The enabling legislation is the Trent University Act, 1962-63. The University was founded through the efforts of a citizens' committee interested in creating a...

, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in 1985, and then furthered his studies in Rome

Rome

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 at the Angelicum, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Theology

Bachelor of Sacred Theology

The Bachelor of Sacred Theology is a graduate-level academic degree in theology.The Bachelor of Sacred Theology is offered by a number of Pontifical Universities. It is sometimes offered as a graduate degree, for students who have already completed a B.A. or other first degree...

 in 1988. Ordained

Holy Orders

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 to the priesthood

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 on July 21, 1989, he received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology

Licentiate of Sacred Theology

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 from the Augustinianum in 1991 while following the formation program at the Pontifical North American College

Pontifical North American College

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Mulhall did pastoral

Parish (Catholic Church)

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 work in Hunstville

Huntsville, Ontario

Huntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay....

 from 1991 to 1994, whence he became an official of the Congregation for Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia

Roman Curia

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. Returning to the Diocese of Peterborough

Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough is a Roman Catholic diocese that includes part of the Province of Ontario. It was first established July 11, 1882 by Pope Leo XIII and was found through the union of the Vicariate of Northern Canada and the western part of the Diocese of Kingston...

 in 2002, he served again briefly in Huntsville and then in Hastings

Hastings, Ontario

Hastings is an amalgamated village within the municipality of Trent Hills, Northumberland County, in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is on the Trent River, in what is considered to be Ontario's "cottage country"....

. In 2003, he was also named Chancellor

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 for Spiritual Affairs, and in 2004 as Vicar General

Vicar general

A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular...

 of the Diocese.

On June 30, 2007, Mulhall was appointed the eighth Bishop of Pembroke

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ottawa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Pembroke on 4 May 1898...

 by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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. He received his episcopal consecration

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

 on the following September 21 from Archbishop Luigi Ventura

Luigi Ventura

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, with Archbishops Terrence Prendergast

Terrence Prendergast

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, S.J.

Society of Jesus

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, and Bishop Nicola De Angelis

Nicola De Angelis

Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C is the 11th and current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada....

, C.F.I.C. serving as co-consecrators

Consecrator

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, at St. Columbkille Cathedral. He selected as his episcopal motto

Motto

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: Fiduciam habemus apud Deum, meaning, "We have confidence before God."