[1] Pope Clement VII made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 21 November 1527.
[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Pudenziana on 27 April 1528.
[1] He was the administrator of the see of Anglona from 31 August 1528 to 6 September 1536, when he resigned in favor of his nephew Oliverio Carafa.
[1] On 4 August 1539 he opted for the order of cardinal bishops and received the suburbicarian see of Palestrina.
[1] When Pope Paul III went to Vicenza, Cardinal Carafa was legate a latere in Rome.