Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1935		Born
30 Jul 1966	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
9 Apr 1988	52.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
9 Apr 1988	52.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia
11 Jun 1988	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia
21 Dec 1999	64.5	Appointed	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
13 Jun 2009	73.9	Retired	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
4 Mar 2026	90.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

MicroData Summary
Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada
Bishop Luis Serapio del Castillo Estrada S.J.
(born 21 Jun 1935, died 4 Mar 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Melo

Ad Limina - September 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo
Death Place Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo

a priest for 59.5 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Montevideo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlos Parteli Keller †
Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo
Bishop Orlando Romero Cabrera
Titular Bishop of Gubaliana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. † (1972)
Archbishop of Montevideo
Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. † (1965)
Titular Archbishop of Assuras
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo
Death Place	Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1876561

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 13 Jun 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 118, Number 10,559
mn: CB, 22 Aug 2021
d: CB, 4 Mar 2026

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