Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pier Luigi Carafa | |
Bishop of Tricarico | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Tricarico |
Term: | 1646–1672 |
Predecessor: | Pier Luigi Carafa |
Successor: | Andrea Francolisio d'Aquino |
Consecration: | 14 January 1646 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Luigi Carafa |
Death Date: | 7 August 1672 |
Death Place: | Tricarico, Italy |
Pier Luigi Carafa (died 7 August 1672) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1646–1672).[1]
On 8 January 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Tricarico.[2] On 14 January 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore), Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Ascanio Cassiani, Bishop of Andria, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Tricarico until his death on 7 August 1672. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Battista Brescia, Bishop of Vicenza (1655).