Carlo Caputo

[1] He studied in Naples and was ordained priest by cardinal Sisto Riario Sforza on 16 March 1867.

He then studied at the academy for noble clergymen in Rome, where he entered the church's diplomatic service.

He then worked in the Roman Curia as a speaker in the College of Cardinals for exceptional ecclesiastical affairs, before returning to Italy, where on 18 March 1883 he was appointed Bishop of Monopoli, receiving episcopal ordination on 15 May the same year.

He was promoted to Bishop of Aversa on 7 June 1886, where he stayed until 19 April 1897, the date on which he was made titular bishop of Nikomedia and head of the Territorial Prelature of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.

He fell ill with stomach cancer and had to resign his nunciature in August 1907, returning to Naples, where he died a year later.