Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Carlo Carafa | |
Bishop of Aversa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Aversa |
Term: | 1616–1644 |
Predecessor: | Filippo Spinelli |
Successor: | Carlo Carafa della Spina |
Consecration: | 21 September 1616 |
Consecrated By: | Giambattista Leni |
Birth Date: | 1584 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | April 1644 (age 60) |
Death Place: | Aversa, Italy |
Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1621–1628) |
Carlo Carafa (1584–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aversa (1616–1644) and Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1621–1628).
Carlo Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1584.On 19 July 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Aversa.On 21 September 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Giambattista Leni, Bishop of Ferrara, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Antonio Díaz (bishop), Bishop of Caserta, serving as co-consecrators.On 17 April 1621, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, by Pope Gregory XV, where he served until his resignation on 9 Sep 1628.He served as Bishop of Aversa until his death in April 1644.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: