Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Carlo Maranta | |
Bishop of Tropea | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Tropea |
Term: | 1657–1664 |
Predecessor: | Juan Lozano (bishop) |
Successor: | Luis Morales (bishop) |
Consecration: | 20 September 1637 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Maria Brancaccio |
Birth Date: | 1583 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 26 January 1664 (age 80) |
Death Place: | Tropea, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Carlo Maranta (1583 – 26 January 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tropea (1657–1664)[1] and Bishop of Giovinazzo (1637–1657).[2]
Carlo Maranta was born in Naples, Italy in 1583.On 7 September 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Giovinazzo.[3] [4] On 20 September 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Gaetano Cossa, Archbishop of Otranto, and Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvin, serving as co-consecrators.On 24 March 1657, he was selected as Bishop of Tropea and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 24 September 1657.He served as Bishop of Tropea until his death on 26 January 1664.