Michele Castoro
Archbishop
Honorific-prefixThe Most Reverend
TitleArchbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseManfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
SeeManfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo
Appointed15 July 2009
Enthroned19 September 2009
Ended5 May 2018
PredecessorDomenico Umberto D'Ambrosio
SuccessorFranco Moscone
Ordination6 August 1977
Ordained bySalvatore Isgró
Consecration25 June 2005
Consecrated byGiovanni Battista Re
Birth nameMichele Castoro
Birth date14 January 1952
Birth placeAltamura, Italy
Death date5 May 2018 (aged 66)
Death placeCasa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
BuriedAltamura Cathedral
Previous postBishop of Oria (2005-09)
Alma materPontifical Roman Major Seminary
Pontifical Lateran University
Pontifical Gregorian University
University of Bari

Michele Castoro (14 January 1952 – 5 May 2018) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop. Castoro was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oria from 2000 to 2009. He then served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, from 2009 until his death.[1]

References

  1. ^ Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovannia Rotondo