Fabrizio Carafa Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Fabrizio Carafa
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Bitonto
Term:1622–1651
Predecessor:Giovanni Battista Stella
Successor:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Consecration:6 February 1622
Consecrated By:Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)
Birth Date:1588
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Death Date:March 1651 (age 63)
Death Place:Bitonto, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Fabrizio Carafa (1588 – March, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1622–1651).[1] [2]

Biography

Fabrizio Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1588. On 24 January 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Bitonto. On 6 February 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana, with Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, and Carlo Bovi, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death in March 1651.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 116. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarafafa.html "Bishop Fabrizio Carafa"