Francesco Bossi

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Francesco Bossi

| title = Bishop of Novara

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Novara

| see =

| term = 1579–1583

| predecessor = Pomponio Cotta

| successor = Gaspare Visconti

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| consecration = 28 August 1568

| consecrated_by = Otto Truchseß von Waldburg

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| birth_date = 1525

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

| death_date = 18 September 1583 (age 58)

| death_place = Novara, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Gravina (1568–1574)
Bishop of Perugia (1574–1579)

| nationality = Italian

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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).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/205 205], 261, and 272|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)

Biography

Francesco Bossi was born in Milan in 1525.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francesco Bossi |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbossif.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Francesco Bossi|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nova0.htm#25255 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

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

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

References

External links and additional sources

{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Gravina |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dg228.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Gravina (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/grav2.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpcdp.html |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/peru0.htm |access-date=March 25, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Novara |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnova.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Novara (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nova0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS