Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Scipio Carocci | |
Bishop of Acerno | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Acerno |
Term: | 1696–1702 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Sifola |
Successor: | Nicolaus Ventriglia |
Consecration: | 21 December 1696 |
Consecrated By: | Sebastiano Antonio Tanara |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1649 |
Birth Place: | Gaete |
Death Date: | June 1702 (age 53) |
Death Place: | Acerno, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Scipio Carocci or Scipio Carocius (1649–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerno (1696–1702).[1]
Scipio Carocci was born in Gaete on 22 April 1649.[2] On 17 December 1696, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Acerno. On 21 December 1696, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Giorgio Spínola, Bishop of Albenga, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Acerno until his death in June 1702.