Bishop Gaetano Castello

Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Titular Bishop of Novae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 May 1957		Born
16 Oct 1982	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Teramo-Atri, Italy
25 Jan 1993	35.6	Incardinated	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
27 Sep 2021	64.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
27 Sep 2021	64.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Novae
31 Oct 2021	64.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Novae

MicroData Summary
Gaetano Castello
Bishop Gaetano Castello
(born 18 May 1957)
Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}

Ad Limina - April 2024 (Italy, Campania): Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop Maria Santissima Assunta, Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Di Donna
Bishop of Acerra
Bishop Francesco Marino
Bishop of Nola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia (2016)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2007)
Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 56753234
WikiData: Q86330713

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Sep 2021
ob/c2: CB, 27 Sep 2021
c34: CB, 31 Oct 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Number 20,812

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