Ulderico Carpegna

His Eminence
Ulderico Carpegna
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Predecessor Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Successor Cesare Facchinetti
Orders
Consecration 7 October 1630
by Luigi Caetani
Created cardinal 28 November 1633
Rank Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born 24 June 1595
Scavolino, Italy
Died 24 January 1679 (age 83)
Nationality Italian
Denomination Roman Catholic

Ulderico Carpegna (24 June 1595 – 24 January 1679) was an Italian jurist and Cardinal.

Biography

Born at Scavolino, he was from a family of the Roman nobility, connected with the Montefeltro family.[1]

He became bishop of Gubbio[2] in 1630, and cardinal in 1633.[3] He was bishop of Todi from 1638, resigning by 1643. He was Camerlengo for a year from 1648. Consecrated by Luigi Caetani, he became bishop of Albano in 1666, bishop of Frascati in 1671, and bishop of Porto and Santa-Rufina in 1675.[3] He died in Rome. Through his episcopal consecration of Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, he is part of the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis. He is also connected to liniage of Pope Benedict XVI.

The Fondo Carpegna of the Vatican Secret Archives contains material relating to Ulderico Carpegna and Gaspare Carpegna.[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

and the principal co-consecrator of

References

  1. 1 2 Accademia nazionale di San Luca (2000). Il palazzo di Carpegna a Roma. De Luca. pp. 101–9. ISBN 978-88-8016-413-5. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ulderico Carpegna" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. 1 2 Moroni, Gaetano (1841). Dizionario Di Erudizione Storico-Ecclesiastica Da S. Pietro Sino Ai Nostri Giorni (etc.) (in Italian). Dalla Tipografia Emiliana. p. 101. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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