Archbishop Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jun 1930		Born
8 Dec 1953	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
15 Jun 1982	51.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
8 Sep 1982	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
1 Jun 1988	57.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
25 Apr 2001	70.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Feb 2007	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 May 2015	84.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil

MicroData Summary for Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro
(WikiData: Q1510074)
Archbishop Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro O. Praem. (born 24 Jun 1930, died 14 May 2015) Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros

Event Place
Birth Place Montes Claros, Diocese of Montes Claros
Ordained Bishop Montes Claros, Diocese of Montes Claros

a priest for 61.4 years
a bishop for 32.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Alves de Sá Trindade †
Bishop of Montes Claros
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †
Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
Bishop Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. †
Titular Bishop of Dusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Alves de Sá Trindade † (1948)
Bishop of Montes Claros
Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † (1918)
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior (1987)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. † (1990)
Bishop Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. (1999)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montes Claros, Diocese of Montes Claros
Ordained Bishop	Montes Claros, Diocese of Montes Claros

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 7 Feb 2007
d: CB, 14 May 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 79, Number 6,423

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