Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Nicolaus Carpenia | |
Archbishop of Durrës | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Durrës |
Term: | 1657–1670 |
Predecessor: | Marc Scurra |
Successor: | Gerardus Galata |
Consecration: | 16 September 1657 |
Consecrated By: | Pietro Vito Ottoboni |
Birth Date: | 1619 |
Birth Place: | Durrës, Albania |
Death Date: | 20 May 1670 (age 51) |
Death Place: | Durrës, Albania |
Nicolaus Carpenia (1619–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Durrës (1657–1670).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Nicolaus Carpenia was born in Durrës in 1619.On 27 August 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Durrës.On 16 September 1657, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Vito Ottoboni, Bishop of Brescia, with Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo, Bishop of Bergamo, and Cristofor Segni, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Durrës until his death on 20 May 1670.