Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Placido Carafa | |
Bishop of Acerra | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Acerra |
Term: | 1662–1672 |
Predecessor: | Mansueto Merati |
Successor: | Carlo de Angelis |
Birth Date: | 1615 |
Death Date: | 31 December 1672 (age 57) |
Death Place: | Naples, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Placido Carafa, C.R. (1615 – 31 December 1672) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerra (1662–1672).
Placido Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1615 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[1] On 26 March 1662, he was selected as Bishop of Acerra and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 9 April 1663.He served as Bishop of Acerra until his death on 31 December 1672 in Naples, Italy.