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

Archbishop Emeritus of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jun 1930		Born	Montes Claros
8 Dec 1953	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
15 Jun 1982	52.0	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

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Alves de Sà Trindade †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo
Bishop Norbert Jules François Calmels, O. Praem. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. (1982)
Bishop José Alves de Sà Trindade † (1948)
Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † (1918)
Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. † (1910)
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.
Bishop Hugo María Van Steekelenburg, O.F.M.

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 7 Feb 2007

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