Italian Cardinal
Luigi Caetani (July 1595 – 15 April 1642) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Biography
Caetani was born in Piedimonte . Son of Filippo I Caetani, duke of Sermoneta , and Camilla Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona , of the dukes of Traetto.[ 1] Descendant of the family of Pope Boniface VIII , great-grand-nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Caetani , grand-nephew of Cardinal Enrico Caetani and nephew of Cardinals Bonifazio Caetani and Antonio Caetani (seniore) , he studied first in Ravenna , where his uncle Bonifazio was legate, and then in Rome , where he obtained a doctorate in law.
He served as Archbishop of Capua from 17 March 1624 until his resignation on 1 March 1627. He was ordained a bishop on 12 June 1622 and appointed the coadjutor archbishop of Capua on 14 November 1622. Caetani was elevated to cardinal on 19 January 1626 and installed as the cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana on 9 February 1626.
Cardinal Caetani was consecrated to the episcopacy by Ludovico Ludovisi . Having himself consecrated Ulderico Carpegna , Caetani is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI .
Episcopal succession
Episcopal succession of Luigi Caetani
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[ 2]
Juan de Guevara , Bishop of Teano (1627)
Angelo Cesi , Bishop of Rimini (1627)
Alessandro Bichi , Bishop of Isola (1628)
Alessandro Castracani , Bishop of Nicastro (1629)
Consalvo Caputo , Bishop of San Marco (1630)
Orazio Annibale della Molara , Bishop of Manfredonia (1630)
Ulderico Carpegna , Bishop of Gubbio (1630)
Giovanni Battista Scanaroli , Titular Bishop of Sidon (1630)
Tegrimus Tegrimi , Bishop of Assisi (1630)
Giorgio Bolognetti , Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1630)
Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci , Bishop of Pienza (1631)
Giovanni Thomas Marnavich , Bishop of Bosnia (1631)
Pompeo Balbani , Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1632)
Girolamo Martini , Bishop of Ugento (1637);
and the principal co-consecrator of:[ 2]
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