Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop of Taranto)

Most Reverend Tommaso Caracciolo
Archbishop of Taranto
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Taranto
In office	1637–1665
Predecessor	Gil Carrillo de Albornoz
Successor	Tommaso de Sarria
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene (1631–1637)
Orders
Consecration	14 December 1631 by Giulio Savelli
Personal details
Died	1665 Taranto, Italy

Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R. (died 1665) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1637–1665) and Titular Archbishop of Cyrene (1631–1637).[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Tommaso Caracciolo was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 10 November 1631, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Archbishop of Cyrene.[1][2] On 14 December 1631, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Savelli, Archbishop of Salerno.[2] On 20 September 1636, he was selected as Archbishop of Taranto and confirmed on 30 March 1637 by Pope Gregory XIII.[1][2] He served as Archbishop of Taranto until his death in 1665.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Carlo Antonio Agudio, Bishop of Castellaneta (1650).[2]

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 327 and 122. (in Latin)
2. "Archbishop Tommaso Caracciolo, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
3. "Archdiocese of Taranto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Archdiocese of Taranto" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Cyrene (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Cyrene (Libya)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gereon Otto von Gutmann zu Sobernheim	Titular Archbishop of Cyrene 1631–1637	Succeeded by Etienne Via
Preceded by Gil Carrillo de Albornoz	Archbishop of Taranto 1637–1665	Succeeded by Tommaso de Sarria