Pier Luigi Carafa (Senior) (18 July 1581,

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– 15 February 1655,

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, during the conclave) was a

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, and a member of the

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Biography

He was bishop of Tricarico and nuntius of Cologne. On 2 June 1624, he was consecrated bishop by

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of San Pancrazio, with Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, Archbishop of Sorrento, and Alessandro Suardi, Bishop of Lucera, serving as co-consecrators. He was made

in March 1645 by Pope

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. He died during the 1655 papal conclave. Other cardinals in the same family were Filippo Carafa della Serra (created 1378),

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(created 1467),

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(1555), Diomede Carafa (1555), Alfonso Carafa (1557),

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(1568), Decio Carafa (1611), Carlo Carafa della Spina (1664), Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina (1686),

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(1728), Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1773), Marino Carafa di Belvedere (1801), and

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(1844).

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of: and the principal co-consecrator of: * Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, Bishop of Malta (1635); * Domenico Ravenna,

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(1635); and * Luigi Pappacoda, Bishop of Capaccio (1635).

References

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carafa, Pier Luigi Bishops in Basilicata 17th-century Italian cardinals 1581 births 1655 deaths Apostolic Nuncios to Cologne

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