His Most Reverend attended UST with a degree in Philosophy and obtained a licentiate of philosophy. In 1947, he earned a licentiate in Theology in UST Central Seminary. He also went to Fordham University in New York in 1959 and earned his Master"s degree of Social services.
He was the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Romblon from 1974 to 1987 after his appointment to the bishopric of San Carlos, Negros Occidental. He is now its Bishop-Emeritus. His Most Reverend Mondejar was born on the 15th of September 1924 in the municipality of Cabatuan in Iloilo in the Philippines.
He was ordained to be priest on the 4th pf April 1953 in San Miguel, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila and seventeen years later, was ordained to be bishop on the 30th of August 1970 in Jaro, Iloilo.
