Tommaso Caracciolo,

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(30 June 1640 – 31 March 1689) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Gerace The Italian Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace ( la, Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis ) is in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova. Historically it was the Diocese of Gerace, becoming in 1954 the Diocese of Gerace ...

(1687–1689). ''(in Latin)''

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Tommaso Caracciolo was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

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on 30 June 1640 and ordained a priest in the

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on 22 September 1663. On 28 April 1687, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Innocent XI Pope Innocent XI ( la, Innocentius XI; it, Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689. Poli ...

. On 4 May 1687, he was consecrated bishop by

Marcantonio Barbarigo Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini of ...

, Archbishop of Corfù, with

Pier Antonio Capobianco Pier Antonio Capobianco (26 January 1619 – 30 October 1689) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia from 1663 to 1672. ''(in Latin)'' Biography Pier Antonio Capobianco was born in Naples, Italy, on 26 January 1619. On ...

, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti,

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of ''Cyrene'', serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gerace until his death on 4 May 1687.

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