Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. | |
Bishop emeritus of Melo | |
See: | Melo |
Appointed: | December 21, 1999 |
Predecessor: | Nicolás Cotugno |
Successor: | Heriberto Bodeant |
Ordination: | July 30, 1966 |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1931 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, |
Nationality: | an |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Montevideo |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary bishop of Montevideo |
Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. (born 21 June 1931, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.
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 almost a decade. He had to resign on 13 June 2009 due to illness.[1]