Tommaso Carafa

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 Nov 1623 by Cosimo de Torres
Personal details
Born	1588
Died	7 Dec 1664 (age 76) Capaccio, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1623–1637)

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][3][4][5]}

Biography

Tommaso Carafa was born in 1588.^[1] On 20 Nov 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino.^[1] On 26 Nov 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.^[1] He served as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino until his resignation in 1637.^[1] On 11 Jul 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capaccio.^[1] He served as Bishop of Capaccio until his death on 7 Dec 1664.^[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Alexander 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);
• Pietro Paolo Bonsi, Bishop of Acerno (1638);
• Francesco Boccapaduli, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (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); and
• Camillo Ragona, Bishop of Acerno (1644).

References

1. "Bishop Tommaso Carafa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 10, 2016
2. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
3. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 23, 2016
5. "Titular Episcopal See of Vulturara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 14, 2016