title: Nicolaus Carpenia
text: # Nicolaus Carpenia
  
  Nicolaus Carpenia (1619–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Durrës (1657–1670).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Nicolaus Carpenia was born in Durres in 1619. On 27 August 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Durrës. On 16 September 1657, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Vito Ottoboni, Bishop of Brescia, with Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo, Bishop of Bergamo, and Cristofor Segni, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Durrës until his death on 20 May 1670.
  
  