Bernabé de Castro


Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Brindisi and Archbishop of Lanciano.

Biography

Bernabé de Castro was born in Manrique, Italy on 15 June 1644 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.
On 25 February 1697, he was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano by Pope Innocent XII. On 3 March 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Carlo Loffredo, Archbishop of Bari-Canosa, and François Marie Sacco, Bishop of Ajaccio, serving as co-consecrators.
On 15 December 1700, he was appointed Archbishop of Brindisi by Pope Clement XI.
He served as Archbishop of Brindisi until his death on 11 December 1707.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: