Most Reverend

Alfonso Carafa
Bishop of Lucera
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Lucera
In office1512–1534
PredecessorGiovanni Di Luigi
SuccessorAndrea Matteo Palmieri
Personal details
Died1534
Previous post(s)Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1504–1505)
Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1505–1512)

Alfonso Carafa (died 1534) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lucera (1512–1534),[1] Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1505–1512),[2] and Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1504–1505).[3]

Biography

In 1504, he was appointed Titular Patriarch of Antioch by Pope Julius II.[3][4][5] On 30 July 1505, he was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti by Pope Julius II.[2][4] On 27 August 1512, he was appointed Bishop of Lucera by Pope Julius II.[1][4] He served as Bishop of Lucera until his death in 1505.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 229. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 97. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 111. (in Latin)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alfonso Carafa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  5. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Alfonso Carafa". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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