Jesús Castro Marte

21st-century Dominican Republic Catholic bishop

Jesús Castro Marte (born 18 March 1966) is a Dominican Catholic bishop, being the bishop of the Diocese of Higüey since 2020. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo and titular bishop of Giufi from 2017 to 2020.

Biography

Castro Marte studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Catholic University in Santiago de los Caballeros. He then studied bioethics at the Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 13 June 1995 for the archdiocese of Santo Domingo. On 1 July 2017 Castro Marte was appointed by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Santo Domingo as well as the titular bishop of Giufi.^[2] He was ordained a bishop on 26 August 2017 by the archbishop of Santo Domingo Francisco Ozoria Acosta with the co-consecrators being Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez and Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas.^[1]

On 31 May 2020 Castro Marte was appointed by Pope Francis as the new bishop of Higüey.^[3] He was installed as bishop of Higüey at the Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia on 28 July 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the event was streamed live with limited in-person audience.^[4]

References

1. "Bishop Jesús Castro Marte". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
2. "Nomina degli Ausiliari dell'Arcidiocesi di Santo Domingo (Repubblica Dominicana)" (in Italian). Vatican Press. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
3. "Rinuncia del Vescovo di Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey (Repubblica Dominicana) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). Vatican Press. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
4. "Toma de posesión de monseñor Jesús Castro será mañana y sin feligreses" (in Spanish). El Caribe. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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