Carlo Cardinal Carafa della Spina, C.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1611³		Born
13 Jul 1644	33.2	Appointed	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
1 Jan 1645	33.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
1 Feb 1653	41.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
24 Oct 1654	43.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
Nov 1654³	43.5	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
24 Aug 1658	47.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor
Sep 1658³	47.3	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Venice, Italy
14 Jan 1664	52.7	Elevated to Cardinal
13 Apr 1664	52.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Dec 1664³	53.6	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor
6 Jun 1665⁶	54.1	Resigned	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
27 May 1675	64.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
19 Oct 1680	69.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary for Carlo Carafa della Spina
(VIAF: 76306384; WikiData: Q1041969)
Carlo Cardinal Carafa della Spina C.R. (born 21 Apr 1611, died 19 Oct 1680) Bishop Emeritus of Aversa

Consistory - 1664: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1667: Participated
Conclave - 1669/1670: Participated
Conclave - 1676: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop Sant'Andrea della Valle, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 35.7 years
a cardinal for 16.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Ciriaco Cardinal Rocci †
Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Fabio Lagonissa †
Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga †
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ciriaco Cardinal Rocci † (1628)
Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro
Giulio Cesare Cardinal Sacchetti † (1623)
Bishop of Fano
Agustín Cardinal Spínola Basadone † (1623)
Bishop of Tortosa
Bishop Andrés Pacheco † (1588)
Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca
Bishop Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † (1584)
Bishop of Novara
Tolomeo Cardinal Gallio †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jost (Jodok) Knab † (1654)
Giovanni Cardinal Delfino † (1656)
Bishop Paul de Tauris-Jancic, O.F.M. Obs. † (1663)
Bishop Lorenzo Astiria, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1670)
Francesco Cardinal Buonvisi † (1670)
Francesco Cardinal Nerli (Jr.) † (1670)
Archbishop Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. † (1670)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Paterio † (1672)
Bishop Gerolamo Rocca † (1672)
Bishop Francesco Antonio Gallo † (1672)
Bishop Onofrio Manesi † (1672)
Archbishop Francesco Antonio Carafa, C.R. † (1675)
Bishop Carlo della Palma, C.R. † (1675)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni de Torres † (1645)
Girolamo Cardinal Buonvisi † (1651)
Girolamo Cardinal Boncompagni † (1652)
Archbishop Lorenzo Reynoso † (1652)
Bishop Leonard Dati † (1652)
Alfonso Michele Cardinal Litta † (1652)
Bishop Calanio della Ciaja † (1652)
Bishop Lodovico Betti † (1652)
Archbishop Francesco Gaetano † (1652)
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Bishop Giovanni Tomaso Gastaldi, O.P. † (1652)
Archbishop Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés † (1653)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Ordained Bishop	Sant'Andrea della Valle, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 14 Jan 1664
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 106
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1644, Number 20
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 237
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 231, Number 19,278

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