Tommaso Carafa Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tommaso Carafa
Bishop of Capaccio
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Capaccio
Term:1639–1664
Predecessor:Luigi Pappacoda
Successor:Camillo Ragona
Consecration:26 November 1623
Consecrated By:Cosimo de Torres
Birth Date:1588
Death Date:7 December 1664 (age 76)
Death Place:Capaccio, Italy
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Tommaso Carafa (1588 – 7 December 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capaccio (1639–1664) and Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623–1637).[1] [2]

Biography

Tommaso Carafa was born in 1588. On 20 November 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino. On 26 November 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Cosimo de Torres, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Paolo Emilio Santori, Archbishop of Urbino, and Giuseppe Acquaviva, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino until his resignation in 1637. On 11 July 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capaccio. He served as Bishop of Capaccio until his death on 7 December 1664.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 134 and 374. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarafat.html "Bishop Tommaso Carafa"