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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "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.
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