Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro

Alfredo Mario Castro Espósito CMF ( born May 20, 1927 in Naples, Italy, † January 1, 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina ) was a Bishop of Zárate - Campana.

Life

Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, son of the Argentine consul in Naples, the Congregation of Claretian joined and received on August 1, 1954, the ordination.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him in 1976 the first bishop of the newly established Diocese of Zárate - Campana. The episcopal ordination on July 4, 1976 He received his Archbishop Pio Laghi. Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina and subsequent cardinal; Co-consecrators were Ramón José Castellano, Archbishop of Córdoba, José María Márquez Bernal CMF, Bishop Prelate of Humahuaca.

In 1991 he resigned for health reasons by Pope John Paul II was upheld. He died after a long illness and was buried in Campana.