Guido Maria Casullo was born on May 27, 1909, in
Monteleone di Puglia, then a municipality in the
Province of Avellino, but nowadays in the
Apulian
Province of Foggia. He was baptized on June 2 of that year. On November 4, 1920, he entered the
Diocesan Seminary of Ariano di Puglia (now
Ariano Irpino) and was ordained a deacon on January 6, 1932. He was then ordained a priest on July 16, 1932. 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. where he insisted on the role of
missionary work. On February 11, 1963, and he was buried in the crypt of the
Fortaleza Cathedral. == References ==