Jesús Castro Marte (born 18 March 1966) is a Dominican

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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

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. 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

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as an auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Santo Domingo as well as the titular bishop of Giufi. He was ordained a bishop on 26 August 2017 by the archbishop of Santo Domingo

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with the co-consecrators being Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez and

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. On 31 May 2020 Castro Marte was appointed by Pope Francis as the new bishop of Higüey. He was installed as bishop of Higüey at the

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on 28 July 2020. Due to

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the event was streamed live with limited in-person audience.

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