Antônio de Castro Mayer


Antônio de Castro Mayer
Bishop of Campos
Dom Antônio de Castro Mayer, in 1980.
DioceseCampos
Term ended29 August 1981
PredecessorOctaviano Pereira de Albuquerque
SuccessorCarlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop of Campos and Titular Bishop of Priene
Orders
Ordination30 October 1927
by Basilio Pompili
Consecration23 May 1948
by Carlo Chiarlo
Personal details
Born20 June 1904 (1904-06-20)
Died25 April 1991 (1991-04-26) (aged 86)
Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of arms
Styles of
Antônio de Castro Mayer
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Ordination history of
Antônio de Castro Mayer
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byBasilio Cardinal Pompili
Date30 October 1927
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byCarlo Cardinal Chiarlo
Date23 May 1948

Antônio de Castro Mayer (20 June 1904 – 25 April 1991) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Campos from 1949 to 1981. A traditionalist Catholic and ally of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, he incurred automatic excommunication for participating in the 1988 illicit consecration of four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X.