Tommaso Carafa

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In office1639–1664
PredecessorLuigi Pappacoda
Most Reverend

Tommaso Carafa
Bishop of Capaccio
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Capaccio
In office1639–1664
PredecessorLuigi Pappacoda
SuccessorCamillo Ragona
Previous post(s)Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623–1637)
Orders
Consecration26 November 1623
by Cosimo de Torres
Personal details
Born1588
Died7 December 1664 (age 76)
Capaccio, Italy

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]

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]

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