Nicolaus Carpenia

Most Reverend

Nicolaus Carpenia
Archbishop of Durrës
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Durrës
In office1657–1670
PredecessorMarc Scurra
SuccessorGerardus Galata
Orders
Consecration16 September 1657
by Pietro Vito Ottoboni
Personal details
Born1619
Durrës, Albania
Died20 May 1670 (age 51)
Durrës, Albania

Nicolaus Carpenia (1619–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Durrës (1657–1670).[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Nicolaus Carpenia was born in Durrës in 1619.[2] On 27 August 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Durrës.[1][2] 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.[2] He served as Archbishop of Durrës until his death on 20 May 1670.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 179. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Archbishop Nicolaus Carpenia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 27, 2017
  3. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
  4. ^ "Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Durrës
1657–1670 		Succeeded by


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