Carlo Carafa (bishop of Aversa) explained

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
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Carlo Carafa (1584–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aversa (1616–1644) and Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1621–1628).

Biography

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.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

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