Decio Cardinal Carafa †

Deceased

Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1556²		Born
17 Mar 1598	42.2	Appointed	Apostolic Collector to Portugal
22 Dec 1604	48.9	Resigned	Apostolic Collector to Portugal
17 May 1606	50.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
4 Jun 1606	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Damascus
12 Jun 1606	50.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium
12 May 1607	51.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Flanders, Belgium
22 May 1607	51.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
17 Aug 1611	55.6	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Oct 1611	55.8	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
7 May 1612	56.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
18 Jun 1612	56.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
7 Jan 1613	57.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
23 Jan 1626	70.0	Died	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Decio Carafa
(VIAF: 28419645; WikiData: Q3021012)
Decio Cardinal Carafa (born 1556, died 23 Jan 1626) Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Consistory - 1611: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1621: Participated
Conclave - 1623: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop San Silvestro in Monte Cavallo, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a bishop for 19.6 years
a cardinal for 14.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Mariano Cardinal Pierbenedetti †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustin Kvinti#263; (Quinzio), O.P. †
Bishop of Massa Lubrense

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Mariano Cardinal Pierbenedetti † (1577)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
Felice Cardinal Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † (1567)
Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati
Bishop Antonio Lauro †
Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia

Principal Consecrator of:
Patriarch Ascanio Gesualdo † (1613)
Bishop Modernus (Fabrizio) Caracciolo Piscizi † (1619)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Ordained Bishop	San Silvestro in Monte Cavallo, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 17 Aug 1611
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 172
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1606, Number 34
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 259
b/c24: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Number 19,554

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a bishop for 19.6 years a cardinal for 14.4 years	Principal Consecrator: Mariano Cardinal Pierbenedetti † Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Augustin Kvinti#263; (Quinzio), O.P. † Bishop of Massa Lubrense
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Mariano Cardinal Pierbenedetti † (1577) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro Felice Cardinal Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † (1567) Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo dei Croati Bishop Antonio Lauro † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia	Principal Consecrator of: Patriarch Ascanio Gesualdo † (1613) Bishop Modernus (Fabrizio) Caracciolo Piscizi † (1619)