titular archbishop
Which position did Pierluigi Carafa hold from Mar 1713 to 1737?
Pierluigi Carafa Pierluigi Carafa , Junior ( 4 July 1677 – 15 December 1755 ) ( sometimes spelled as Caraffa ) was an Italian cardinal from the famous Neapolitan family of Italian nobles , clergy , and men of arts . He served the papacy as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals and as Dean of same College . He is currently buried at SantAndrea delle Fratte in Rome . Early Ecclesiastic Career . Born into an illustrious house of Naples , the family of Pierluigi was not unaccustomed to high-ranking prelates . Other cardinals in the family consisted of Filippo Carafa della Serra ; Oliviero Carafa ; Gianvincenzo Carafa ; Carlo Carafa ; Diomede Carafa ; Alfonso Carafa ; Antonio Carafa ; Giovanni Pietro Carafa ( later Pope Paul IV ) ; Pier Luigi Carafa , Senior ; Carlo Carafa della Spina ; Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina ; Francesco Carafa della Spina di Traetto ; Marino Carafa di Belvedere ; and Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto . Also a member of the family was Gregorio Carafa , Grand Master of the Order of St . John . Pierluigi was born on 4 July 1677 in Naples . He attended La Sapienza University in Rome where he was awarded a doctorate in both laws ( civil and canon ) on 19 October 1694 . He was then ordained a deacon on 22 January 1713 and a priest on 19 February 1713 . Episcopal career . Just over one month after his ordination to the priesthood , Pierluigi was elected titular archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia on 27 March 1713 and then made an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne on 16 April 1713 . He was appointed as Nuncio in Tuscany on 20 July 1713 , a position in which he served for just under four years . On 12 April 1717 Archbishop Carafa was appointed Secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith and then , in 1724 , as Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops as well a Consultor of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition . Cardinalate career . Archbishop Carafa was created cardinal-priest in the consistory of 20 September 1728 and received the red galero and the title of San Lorenzo in Panisperna , where he was installed on 15 November 1728 . He was then made Abbot commendatario of Ferrara in 1729 . He participated in the conclave of 1730 , where Clement XII was elected pope . On 11 February 1737 Cardinal Carafa was named Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals . Upon the death of Pope Clement XII , Cardinal Carfa participated in the papal conclave of 1740 , where Benedict XIV was elected . He was appointed as a cardinal-bishop on 16 September 1740 and was named to the suburbicarian see of Albano . Then , on 15 November 1751 , he was appointed to the suburbicarian see of Porto-Santa Rufina . He was then named the Vice-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1751 and then named Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on 9 April 1753 and appointed to the suburbicarian see of Ostia and Velletri , a position he held until his death on 15 December 1755 , at 78 years of age . Death and Entombment . Pierluigi Cardinal Carafa died on 15 December 1755 , at 8:30 p.m . in Rome . His remains were transferred the following day to the church of SantAndrea delle Fratte in Rome where the capella paplis took place on 18 December 1755 , and he was buried in the chapel of Saint Francis de Sales . On the funerary plaque of Cardinal Pierluigi Carafa in the chapel of Saint Francis de Sales , the following in Latin is inscribed : SACELLUM • VBI • MORTALES • EXVVIAE • CARD . PETRI • ALOISII • CARAFA • PATRONI • CONDITAE • ASSERVANTVR • SQVALENTI • VETVSTATE • OBSITVM • DOMINICVS • IACOBINI • ARCHIEP • TYRIORVM • S . CONSILII • CHRISTIANO • NOMINI • PROPAGANDO • LAVREENTIVS • SALVATI • S . CONSESSVS • TRIDENT • CONCILIO • INTERPRETANDO • A . SECRETIS • HEREDITATIS • QVAM • ILLE • IN • PIOS • VSVS • RELIQVIT • CVRATORES • EX • TESTAMENTO • ANNO • MDCCCXCI • INSTAVRATVM • EXORNARVNT Burial Chapel . Pierluigi Cardinal Carafa is entombed in the chapel of Saint Francis de Sales in the Church of SantAndrea delle Fratte in Rome . The full name of the chapel is the chapel of Saint Francis de Sales and Jeanne de Valois . The chapel was granted to Cardinal Carafa in 1753 who dedicated it to Saint Charles Borromeo and Jeanne de Valois , queen of France . The Cardinal himself donated the altarpiece by Marcantonio Romoli . The artwork within the chapel includes : the altarpiece , Saint Francis of Paula Gives the Cordon of the Order to St . Francis de Sales and St . Jeanne de Valois by Marcantonio Romoli and on the left wall , Funeral Monument of Cardinal Carafa by Paolo Posi and Pietro Bracci . External links . - Francesco Raco , Carafa , Pier Luigi , Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 19 ( 1976 ) . Retrieved : 2016-10-23 ,