Archbishop Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Messina

Events

Date	Event	Title
30 Aug 1638	Appointed	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
12 Sep 1638	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, Italy
14 May 1647	Selected	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
16 Sep 1647	Confirmed	Archbishop of Messina, Italy
22 Mar 1676	Died	Archbishop of Messina, Italy

a bishop for 37.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tommaso Carafa †
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Altieri (Sr.) †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Simone Carafa Roccella, C.R. † (1638)
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Pope Maffeo Barberini † (1604)
Patriarch Fabio (Fabius) Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Pope St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. † (1556)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Pope Giulio de’ Medici † (1517)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 265 (b)
Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 4, Page 67, and Page 239 (b)
Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 102, Number 615 (ob/c2+)

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