Tommaso Carafa

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]

Most Reverend Tommaso Carafa
Bishop of Capaccio
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Capaccio
In office	1639–1664
Predecessor	Luigi Pappacoda
Successor	Camillo Ragona
Orders
Consecration	26 November 1623 by Cosimo de Torres
Personal details
Born	1588
Died	7 December 1664 (age 76) Capaccio, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623–1637)

Biography

Tommaso Carafa was born in 1588.[2] On 20 November 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino.[1][2] 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.[2] He served as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino until his resignation in 1637.[1][2] On 11 July 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capaccio.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Capaccio until his death on 7 December 1664.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Alessandro Sibilia, Bishop of Capri (1637);
• Maximilianus Raguzzi, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1637);
• Carlo Maranta, Bishop of Giovinazzo (1637);
• Domenico Giordani, Bishop of Isernia (1637);
• Bruno Sciamanna, Bishop of Lucera (1637);
• Giovanni Spennazzi, Bishop of Pienza (1637);
• Jean Duval, Bishop of Baghdad (1638);
• Simone Carafa Roccella, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1638);
• Juan Pastor, Bishop of Crotone (1638);
• Francesco Boccapaduli, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1638);
• Pietro Paolo Bonsi, Bishop of Acerno (1638);
• Angelo Pichi, Archbishop of Amalfi (1638);
• Stefano Sauli, Archbishop of Chieti (1638);
• Diego Sersale, Archbishop of Bari (1638);
• Enea di Cesare Spennazzi, Bishop of Sovana (1638);
• Girolamo Figini-Oddi, Bishop of Teramo (1639);
• Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori (1639);
• Bartolomeo Cresconi, Bishop of Umbriatico (1639);
• Pietro Paolo Medici, Bishop of Alife (1639);
• Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (1639);
• Giovanni Tommaso Perrone, Bishop of Nicastro (1639);
• Ippolito Andreassi, Bishop of Terni (1639);
• Francesco d'Elia e Rossi, Bishop of Siracusa (1639);
• Orazio Monaldi, Bishop of Gubbio (1639);
• Camillo Ragona, Bishop of Acerno (1644); and
• Giulio Spinola, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia (1658).

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 134 and 374. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Tommaso Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 10, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Franciscus Buratti	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino 1623–1637	Succeeded by Maximilianus Raguzzi
Preceded by Luigi Pappacoda	Bishop of Capaccio 1639–1664	Succeeded by Camillo Ragona