Guido Maria Casullo

History
Priestly ordination
Date	July 16, 1932
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Agostino Mancinelli
Co-consecrators	Gioacchino Pedicini,; Pasquale Venezia
Date	July 15, 1951
Place	Ariano Irpino Cathedral, Ariano Irpino, Italy

Guido Maria Casullo
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Guido Maria Casullo
	Bishop of Cândido Mendes
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cândido Mendes
In office	October 13, 1983–November 5, 1985
Personal details
Born	May 27, 1909; Monteleone di Puglia, Apulia, Italy
Died	January 10, 2004 (aged 94); Fortaleza, Brazil
Buried	St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fortaleza
Previous post	Prelate of Cândido Mendes (1965–1983); Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (1963–1965); Bishop of Nusco (1951–1963);
Motto	"Omne spes vitae"; English: All hope of life
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date	July 16, 1932
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Agostino Mancinelli
Co-consecrators	Gioacchino Pedicini,; Pasquale Venezia
Date	July 15, 1951
Place	Ariano Irpino Cathedral, Ariano Irpino, Italy

Guido Maria Casullo (May 27, 1909–January 10, 2004) was a Catholic prelate who was a bishop in both Italy and Brazil.

Biography

Guido Maria Casullo was born on May 27, 1909 in Monteleone di Puglia in the Italian region of Apulia. He was baptized on June 2 of that year. On November 4, 1920, he entered the Diocesan Seminary of Ariano Irpino and was ordained a deacon on January 6, 1932. He was then ordained a priest on July 16, 1932.^[1]

On May 27, 1951, Casullo was appointed the Bishop of Nusco and was ordained to the episcopate on July 15, 1951 in the Ariano Irpino Cathedral. Archbishop Agostino Mancinelli acted as principal consecrator, while Bishops Gioacchino Pedicini and Pasquale Venezia acted as co-consecrators.^[2] As a bishop, he took as his Latin episcopal motto "Omni spes vitae," which translates as "All hope of life."^[1]

Casullo served as a Conciliar Father in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council,^[2] where he insisted on the role of missionary work. On February 11, 1963,^[2] given a choice between being assigned to Africa or Brazil, he was appointed as an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Pinheiro in Brazil. At the same time, he was appointed the Titular Bishop of Utica.^[2] Casullo left Italy for Brazil on May 12 of that year, stopping at the Sanctuary of Fátima in Portugal along the way, and arriving in Rio de Janeiro on May 17. Upon arriving, he began an intensive Portuguese language course. He finally arrived in Pinheiro on June 7, 1963.^[1]

On December 20, 1965, he was appointed the territorial prelate of the Prelature of Cândido Mendes. Casullo resigned as Titular Bishop of Utica on May 26, 1978. With the elevation of the Prelature of Cândido Mendes to a diocese, he was appointed the first Bishop of Cândido Mendes on October 13, 1983.^[2] Having reached the retirement age of 75, Casullo submitted his resignation to the Pope on November 5, 1985 and assumed emeritus status in the diocese. He had the choice of retiring to either Luanda, São Luiz, or Fortaleza and, upon the advice of the Cardinal Prefect for the Congregation of Bishops, chose Fortaleza, where he moved to the Montese neighborhood on August 19, 1986.^[1]

On January 10, 2004, Casullo died at the Hospital Gastroclínica in Fortaleza, Brazil of a heart attack at the age of 94. A funeral was held on January 12,^[3] and he was buried in the crypt of the Fortaleza Cathedral.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "In Memoriam a Dom Guido Maria Casullo" [In Memoriam to Dom Guido Maria Casullo]. Diocese of Zé Doca (in Italian). January 10, 2015. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. (April 30, 2018). "Bishop Guido Maria Casullo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
↑ de Azevedo, Miguel Angelo (2005). "Dom Guido Maria Casullo, bispo emérito" [Dom Guido Maria Casullo, bishop emeritus]. Portal da História do Ceará (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Pasquale Mores	Bishop of Nusco 1951–1963	Succeeded by Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro 1963–1965	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Oronzo Caldarola	— TITULAR — Bishop of Utica 1963–1978	Succeeded by Jean Yves Marie Sahuquet
New title Territorial prelature erected	Prelate of Cândido Mendes 1965–1983	Succeeded by Himself as Bishop of Cândido Mendes
Preceded by Himself as Prelate of Cândido Mendes	Bishop of Cândido Mendes 1983–1985	Succeeded by Walmir Alberto Valle

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[memoriam-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "In Memoriam a Dom Guido Maria Casullo" [In Memoriam to Dom Guido Maria Casullo]. Diocese of Zé Doca (in Italian). January 10, 2015. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.

[CH-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. (April 30, 2018). "Bishop Guido Maria Casullo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[3] Azevedo, Miguel Angelo (2005). "Dom Guido Maria Casullo, bispo emérito" [Dom Guido Maria Casullo, bishop emeritus]. Portal da História do Ceará (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.