Geraldo Majela de Castro

Geraldo Majela de Castro

Archbishop of Montes Claros
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Montes Claros
In office1 June 1988 – 7 February 2007
PredecessorJosé Alves de Sá Trindade
SuccessorJosé Alberto Moura
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1982-1988)
Orders
Ordination8 December 1953
Consecration8 September 1982
by José Alves de Sá Trindade
Personal details
Born(1930-06-24)24 June 1930
Died14 May 2015(2015-05-14) (aged 84)

Geraldo Majela de Castro (24 June 1930 – 14 May 2015) was a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1953, de Castro was named coadjutor of the Diocese of Montes Claros, Brazil in 1982 and became bishop of the diocese in 1988. In 2001 the Montes Claros diocese became an archdiocese. de Castro retired in 2007.[1]

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