Career
He was notably Prefect of the Ardèche, Calvados and Aube. On February 24, 1814, Napoléon issued an imperial order discharging him of his post as Prefect of l"Aube. The quai Caffarelli and cours Caffarelli in Caen are named after him.
He wrote an "Abrégé des Géoponiques" (summary of the Geoponica attributed to Cassianus Bassus), Paris, 1812.