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Luis del Castillo Estrada

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Melo

Residence
  
Montevideo, Uruguay

Appointed
  
December 21, 1999

Name
  
Luis Castillo

Ordination
  
July 30, 1966

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Predecessor
  
Nicolas Cotugno

Nationality
  
Uruguayan

Successor
  
Heriberto Bodeant


Born
  
June 21, 1931 Montevideo,  Uruguay (
1931-06-21
)

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Auxiliary bishop of Montevideo

Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. (born 21 June 1931, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.

Biography

Luis del Castillo was ordained priest on 30 July 1966 in the Society of Jesus.

On 9 April 1988 he was appointed titular bishop of Tarasa in Numidia and auxiliary bishop of Montevideo.

He was appointed Bishop of Melo on 21 December 1999, a post he held for a decade. He had to resign due to illness.

References

Luis del Castillo Estrada Wikipedia