Type: | bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Cristoforo Domenico Carullo | |
Honorific Suffix: | O.F.M. |
Archbishop of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1946–1968 |
Other Post: | Bishop of Lacedonia (1940–1968) |
Ordination: | 26 July 1914 |
Consecration: | 28 April 1940 |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1889 |
Birth Place: | Stefanaconi, Calabria, Italy |
Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, (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.
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. He held the position until 1968.
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.