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Geraldo Majela de Castro

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Geraldo Majela de Castro
O.Praem
Archbishop of Montes Claros
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Montes Claros
In office 1 June 1988 – 7 February 2007
Predecessor José Alves de Sá Trindade
Successor José Alberto Moura
Previous post Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1982-1988)
Orders
Ordination 8 December 1953
Consecration 8 September 1982
by José Alves de Sá Trindade
Personal details
Born 24 June 1930
Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Republic of the United States of Brazil
Died 14 May 2015 (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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