title: Carlo Carafa (bishop of Aversa)
text: # Carlo Carafa (bishop of Aversa)
  
  Carlo Carafa (1584–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aversa (1616–1644) and Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1621–1628).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Carlo Carafa was born in Naples, Italy in 1584. On 19 July 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Aversa. On 21 September 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Giambattista Leni, Bishop of Ferrara, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Antonio Díaz (bishop), Bishop of Caserta, serving as co-consecrators. On 17 April 1621, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, by Pope Gregory XV, where he served until his resignation on 9 Sep 1628. He served as Bishop of Aversa until his death in April 1644.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, Bishop of Malta (1635);
  * Domenico Ravenna, Bishop of Nicastro (1635);
  * Luigi Pappacoda, Bishop of Capaccio (1635); and
  * Marco Morosini, Bishop of Treviso (1639).
  