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{{Short description|American Catholic sedevacantist bishop}}
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| name = Mark Pivarunas
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| title = [[Superior General]] of the [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]]
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| elected = 1989 (first term);<br />1995
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| term_end = 1991 (first term)
| predecessor = Denis Chicoine (first term);<br />Casimir Puskorius
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| successor = Casimir Puskorius (first term)
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| ordination = 27 June 1985
| ordained_by = George Musey
| consecration = 24 September 1991
| consecrated_by = [[Moisés Carmona]]
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| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
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| nationality = [[United States of America|American]]
| religion = Sedevacantist Catholic
| residence = ''Mater Dei'' Seminary, [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], U.S.
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| ordained priest by = George Musey
| date of priestly ordination = 27 June 1985
| place of priestly ordination = [[Mount Saint Michael]], [[Spokane, Washington]], U.S.
| consecrated by = [[Moisés Carmona]]
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| date of consecration = 24 September 1991
| place of consecration = Mount Saint Michael, Spokane, Washington, U.S.
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| bishop 1 = [[Daniel Dolan]]
| consecration date 1 = 30 November 1993
| bishop 2 = Martín Dávila
| consecration date 2 = 11 May 1999
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'''Mark Anthony Pivarunas''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen|CMRI]]}} (born 31 October 1958) is an American [[Sedevacantism|sedevacantist]] [[Traditionalist Catholicism|Traditionalist Catholic]] bishop and the [[Superior General]] of the [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]] (CMRI).<ref name="CMRI">{{cite web|url=https://cmri.org/priests-religious/superior-general-bishop-mark-a-pivarunas-cmri/|title=Superior General: Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI|date=10 August 2016 |publisher=[[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]] (CMRI)|language=English|accessdate=16 August 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==
Pivarunas was born to Walter Pivarunas and to an ethnic [[Italians|Italian]] mother on 31 October 1958 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. He was baptized on 7 December of the same year, in Seven Holy Founders Church in the same city. He received his first Communion on 7 May 1966, and was confirmed on 6 June 1967.<ref name="Adsum">"[https://www.cmri.org/adsum/adsum-2016-09.pdf Adsum]" (September 2016). ''Mater Dei'' Seminary. Retrieved 16 February 2021.</ref>

Pivarunas entered the [[Consecrated life|religious life]] in the [[sedevacantist]] [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]] (CMRI) in September 1974 at the age of 15. After a year's postulancy, he entered the [[novitiate]] on 8 September 1975, taking the [[religious name]] of Brother Mary Tarcisius. He made his first profession of [[Religious vows|vows]] on 12 September 1976. On 12 September 1980, he made his final profession of vows.<ref name=CMRI/>

Pivarunas received the usual seminary training. On 27 June 1985, in the CMRI's [[Mount Saint Michael]], having received the commendation of his superiors, he, along with two others, was ordained a priest by Bishop George Musey.<ref name=CMRI/>

In August 1989, Pivarunas, now thirty years old, was elected [[Superior General]] of the CMRI.<ref name=CMRI/>

Pivarunas traveled extensively throughout [[Nebraska]], United States, and into neighboring [[U.S. state|states]] to provide the Mass and sacraments.<ref name=CMRI/>

In January 1991, Bishop [[Moisés Carmona]] of [[Acapulco]], [[Guerrero]], [[Mexico]], another sedevacantist bishop, visited Mount Saint Michael. Before his return to Mexico, on 1 February 1991, he left behind a letter expressing his desire to consecrate as bishop whomever the congregation chooses. On 3 April 1991, Pivarunas was elected to be consecrated a bishop.<ref name=Adsum/>

In accordance with Catholic practice,{{citationneeded|date=August 2025}} he discontinued the use of his religious name, "Tarcisius".<ref name=Adsum/>

On 24 September 1991, in Mount Saint Michael, Pivarunas was consecrated a bishop by Carmona.<ref name=Adsum/>

On 30 November 1993, in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], United States, Pivarunas consecrated the sedevacantist Father [[Daniel Dolan]] a bishop.<ref name="Adsum22" />

On 11 May 1999, in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, with Dolan assisting as co-consecrator, Pivarunas consecrated Father Martín Dávila of the sedevacantist ''Sociedad Sacerdotal Trento'' (Priestly Society of Trent) a bishop.<ref name="Adsum22">{{cite web |title=Adsum (October 2016) |url=https://www.materdeiseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/October-Adsum.pdf |publisher=Mater Dei Seminary |accessdate=16 February 2021}}</ref>

Since his episcopal consecration, Pivarunas has traveled to the United States, Mexico, [[Canada]], New Zealand, [[South America]], and [[Europe]] to provide Confirmation and other sacraments to several thousand children and adults.<ref name=CMRI/> According to the CMRI, there are over a hundred priests and religious under his spiritual care.<ref name=Adsum/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://cmri.org/ Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]

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