Fabrizio Carafa
{{Short description|Roman Catholic bishop}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Fabrizio Carafa
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| church = Catholic Church
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| diocese = Diocese of Bitonto
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| term = 1622–1651
| predecessor = Giovanni Battista Stella
| successor = Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
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| consecration = 6 February 1622
| consecrated_by = Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)
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| birth_date = 1588
| death_date = March 1651 (age 63)
| death_place = Bitonto, Italy
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| nationality = Italian
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Fabrizio Carafa (1588 – March, 1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1622–1651).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=116|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarafafa.html "Bishop Fabrizio Carafa"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016
Biography
Fabrizio Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1588. On 24 January 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Bitonto. On 6 February 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 March 1651.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Bitonto |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/db210.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Bitonto (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/bito0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)
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| title = Bishop of Bitonto
| years = 1622–1651
| before = Giovanni Battista Stella
| after = Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV
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