His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Cristoforo Domenico Carullo

O.F.M.
Archbishop of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1946–1968
Other post(s)Bishop of Lacedonia (1940–1968)
Orders
Ordination26 July 1914
Consecration28 April 1940
Personal details
Born7 August 1889
Stefanaconi, Calabria, Italy
Died31 January 1968(1968-01-31) (aged 78)

Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. (7 August 1889 – 31 January 1968) was an Italian Catholic prelate and a Franciscan friar. He served as the Bishop of Lacedonia from 1940 to 1968[1] and as the Archbishop of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia from 1946 to 1968.

Biography

Carullo was born on 7 August 1889 in Stefanaconi in Calabria, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 26 July 1914 in the Order of Friars Minor[2] and appointed Bishop of Lacedonia ad personam[3] on 2 February 1940, being ordained on 28 April 1940 and succeeding Giulio Tommasi. Archbishop Enrico Montalbetti acted as principal consecrator, while Bishops Felice Cribellati and Demetrio Moscato acted as co-consecrators.[2] He held the position until 1968.[3]

On 15 September 1946 he was appointed the Archbishop of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia and held this title coextensively with his title of Lacedonia until his death. Carullo died on 31 January 1968.[2]

References

  1. ^ Totaro, Pierluigi (2012). Modernizzazione e potere locale: L'azione politica di Fiorentino Sullo in Irpinia. 1943-1958 [Modernization and Local Power: The Political Action of Fiorentino Sullo in Irpinia. 1943-1958] (in Italian). ClioPress. Editoria digitale. p. 533. ISBN 9788888904160.
  2. ^ a b c Cheney, David M. (April 30, 2018). "Archbishop Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Storia: Alcune tappe di un cammino secolare" [History: Some stages of a centuries-long journey]. Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
Catholic Church titles Preceded byGiulio Tommasi Bishop of Lacedonia 1940–1968 Succeeded byAgapito Simeoni Preceded byAntonio Melomo Archbishop of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia 1946–1968 Succeeded byGastone Mojaisky-Perrelli
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