Antônio de Castro Mayer
Antônio de Castro Mayer (born June 20, 1904 in Campinas , † April 26, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro ) was an excommunicated Catholic bishop .
Life
Antônio de Castro Mayer was born as one of twelve children of Johann Mayer, a Bavarian stonemason, and his wife Francisca de Castro, a Brazilian farmer.
After attending the small seminary and the large seminary , Mayer studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University . After his ordination by Curia Cardinal Basilio Pompili on October 30, 1927, he taught philosophy, history of philosophy and dogmatic theology at the seminary in São Paulo. After admission to the cathedral chapter , Mayer became vicar general in São Paulo in 1942 and curate and prelate of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo in 1945 .
On March 6, 1948 Mayer was by Pope Pius XII. appointed coadjutor bishop of Campos and titular bishop of Priene . He was ordained bishop on May 23rd by the Apostolic Nuncio in Brazil, Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Piracicaba , Ernesto de Paula , and the Bishop of Jacarezinho , Geraldo de Proença Sigaud SVD . With the death of Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque on January 3, 1949, Mayer succeeded him as Bishop of Campos.
As a Council Father, Mayer took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . There he was considered a member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum . In line with his conservative attitude, he fought liberation theology in Brazil.
On August 29, 1981, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
In the illegal but valid episcopal ordinations, which the suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre carried out on June 30, 1988, Mayer acts as consecrator. The candidates for ordination at the time were called Bernard Fellay , Bernard Tissier de Mallerais , Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta . Both consecrators and the four newly ordained bishops were excommunicated from the Holy See on July 1, 1988 .
The Apostolic Personnel Administration St. Johannes Maria Vianney , which goes back to Bishop de Castro Mayer, denied the occurrence of the excommunication with reference to a "church emergency " from their point of view, which is why de Castro Mayer continued to give sacraments until his death, especially confirmations and ordinations , donated.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer, Antonio de Castro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Campinas , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |