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Fabrizio Carafa (bishop)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Italian

In office
  
1622–1651

Died
  
Bitonto, Italy

Predecessor
  
Giovanni Battista Stella

Successor
  
Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Consecration
  
6 Feb 1622 by Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitonto

Fabrizio Carafa (1588 – March, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1622–1651).

Biography

Fabrizio Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1588. On 24 Jan 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Bitonto. On 6 Feb 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana, with Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, and Carlo Bovi, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death in Mar 1651.

References

Fabrizio Carafa (bishop) Wikipedia


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