Tommaso Caracciolo (bishop of Gerace)
Tommaso Caracciolo, O.S.B. (30 June, 1640 – 31 March, 1689) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gerace (1687–1689). Biography. Tommaso Caracciolo was born in Naples, Italy on 30 June 1640 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict on 22 September 1663. On 28 April 1687, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Gerace. On 4 May 1687, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Barbarigo, Archbishop of Corfù, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Titular Bishop of "Cyrene