Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop of Capua) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tommaso Caracciolo
Archbishop of Capua
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Capua
Term:1536–1546
Predecessor:Nikolaus von Schönberg
Successor:Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta
Birth Date:1478
Death Date:31 March 1546 (age 68)
Death Place:Capua, Italy
Previous Post:Bishop of Capaccio (1523–1531)
Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1534–1535)
Bishop of Trivento (1502–1540)

Tommaso Caracciolo (1478–1546) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Capua (1536–1546),[1] Bishop of Trivento (1502–1540),[2] [3] Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1534–1535), and Bishop of Capaccio (1523–1531).[4]

Biography

Tommaso Caracciolo was born in 1478. On 6 March 1502, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Trivento.[5] [6] On 12 June 1523, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Adrian VI as Bishop of Capaccio. In 1531, he resigned as Bishop of Capaccio.In 1534, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples; he resigned from the position in 1535. On 28 April 1536, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Archbishop of Capua. In 1540, he resigned as Bishop of Trivento. He served as Archbishop of Capua until his death on 31 March 1546.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 151. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . II. 257. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  3. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 319. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  4. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 151–152. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  5. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Tommaso Caracciolo . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  6. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Archbishop Tommaso Caracciolo . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.