Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Mario Carafa | |
Archbishop of Naples | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Naples |
Term: | 1565–1576 |
Predecessor: | Alfonso Carafa |
Successor: | Paul Burali d'Arezzo |
Consecration: | 10 February 1566 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Michele Saraceni |
Death Date: | 11 September 1576 |
Death Place: | Naples, Italy |
Mario Carafa (died 1576) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Naples (1565–1576).[1] [2] [3] [4]
On 26 October 1565, Mario Carafa was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Archbishop of Naples.On 10 February 1566, he was ordained bishop by Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Paolo Emilio Verallo, Bishop of Capaccio, and Berardo Bongiovanni, Bishop of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Naples until his death on 11 September 1576.