Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca

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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca

| title = Bishop of Luni e Sarzana

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| diocese = Diocese of Luni e Sarzana

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| term = 1537–1561

| predecessor = Silvestro Benedetti

| successor = Simone Pasqua

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| consecration = 22 Feb 1538

| consecrated_by = Alfonso Oliva

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Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca or Giovanni Francesco Polascha (died 1561) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1537–1561).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/230/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=231|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} (in Latin)

Biography

On 28 Nov 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpoglia.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 22 Feb 1538, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso Oliva, Bishop of Bovino, with Uberto Gambara, Bishop of Tortona, and Pietro Lamberti, Bishop of Caserta, serving as co-consecrators.

He served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana until his death in 1561.

References

External links and additional sources

{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlssb.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Titular Episcopal See of Luni (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1044.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS

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| title = Bishop of Luni e Sarzana

| years = 1537–1561

| before = Silvestro Benedetti

| after = Simone Pasqua}}

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Category:16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III

Category:1561 deaths