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Francesco Bossi

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Most Reverend
Francesco Bossi
Bishop of Novara
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Novara
In office 1579–1583
Predecessor Pomponio Cotta
Successor Gaspare Visconti
Previous posts Bishop of Gravina (1568–1574)
Bishop of Perugia (1574–1579)
Orders
Consecration 28 August 1568
by Otto Truchseß von Waldburg
Personal details
Born 1525
Milan, Italy
Died 18 September 1583 (age 58)
Novara, Italy

Francesco Bossi (1525 – 18 September 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1579–1583), Bishop of Perugia (1574–1579), and Bishop of Gravina (1568–1574).[1]

Biography

Francesco Bossi was born in Milan in 1525.[2][3] On 2 August 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Gravina.[1][2] On 28 August 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Otto Truchseß von Waldburg, Bishop of Augsburg.[2] On 5 May 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Perugia.[1][2] On 21 October 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Novara.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Novara until his death on 18 September 1583.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ottavio Santacroce, Bishop of Cervia (1576), and Ottaviano Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia) (1584).[2]

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