Peter Verdaguer y Prat

Peter Verdaguer y Prat (Sant Pere de Torelló, December 10, 1835 – Texas, October 26, 1911) was a Catalan-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thaddeus Amat y Brusi, C.M., on December 12, 1862.

[1] On July 25, 1890, Verdaguer was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Texas, and Titular Bishop of Aulon by Pope Leo XIII.

[2] Returning to the United States, Verdaguer arrived in his new vicariate the following spring.

[1] Verdaguer died while traveling to Mercedes for Confirmation ceremonies, aged 75.