Antonio de Castro Mayer
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Antonio de Castro Mayer was a traditionalist Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop known for his staunch opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antonio de Castro Mayer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8875734 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonio de Castro Mayer Context triple: [Bernard Fellay, coConsecrator, Antonio de Castro Mayer]
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A.
Eduardo Luis
Eduardo Luis is an actor known for playing the character Trash.
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B.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier was a Mexican archaeologist best known for uncovering the tomb of the Maya ruler Pakal the Great in the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque.
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C.
Nicolás de Castro
Nicolás de Castro was a Venezuelan political figure and patriot known for helping to establish his country's independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Diego de Losada
Diego de Losada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for founding the city of Caracas in present-day Venezuela.
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E.
Francisco de Paula del Villar
Francisco de Paula del Villar was a Spanish architect best known for initiating the original design of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família before the project passed to Antoni Gaudí.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antonio de Castro Mayer Target entity description: Antonio de Castro Mayer was a traditionalist Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop known for his staunch opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
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A.
Eduardo Luis
Eduardo Luis is an actor known for playing the character Trash.
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B.
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier was a Mexican archaeologist best known for uncovering the tomb of the Maya ruler Pakal the Great in the Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque.
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C.
Nicolás de Castro
Nicolás de Castro was a Venezuelan political figure and patriot known for helping to establish his country's independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Diego de Losada
Diego de Losada was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for founding the city of Caracas in present-day Venezuela.
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E.
Francisco de Paula del Villar
Francisco de Paula del Villar was a Spanish architect best known for initiating the original design of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família before the project passed to Antoni Gaudí.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic bishop
ⓘ
human ⓘ traditionalist Catholic ⓘ |
| appointedBishopOfCamposOn | 1948-01-03 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Marcel Lefebvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coConsecrated | bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X in 1988 ⓘ |
| coConsecratedWith | Marcel Lefebvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consecratedAsBishopBy | Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-04-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfEpiscopalConsecration | 1948-03-23 ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontifical Gregorian University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eventAssociatedWith | 1988 Écône episcopal consecrations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Castro Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Antonio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | retired bishop at time of 1988 consecrations ⓘ |
| ideology | Catholic integralism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Priestly Union of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
traditionalist Catholic movement in Brazil ⓘ |
| knownFor |
close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
ⓘ
leadership of traditionalist clergy in Campos ⓘ traditionalist Catholic stance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
defense of traditional Latin liturgy
ⓘ
rejection of religious liberty as taught in Dignitatis humanae ⓘ resistance to ecumenism promoted by Vatican II ⓘ |
| notableWork | opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| occupation | Catholic bishop ⓘ |
| opposed | implementation of Second Vatican Council reforms in his diocese ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Campos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sanctionedBy | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | excommunication declared in 1988 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Tridentine Mass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsBishopOfCampos | 1981-08-29 ⓘ |
| termStartAsBishopOfCampos | 1949-03-06 ⓘ |
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Subject: Antonio de Castro Mayer Description of subject: Antonio de Castro Mayer was a traditionalist Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop known for his staunch opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and his close association with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
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