Pomponio Cotta
{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Pomponio Cotta
| title = Bishop of Novara
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| diocese = Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara
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| term = 1577–1579
| predecessor = Gerolamo Ragazzoni
| successor = Francesco Bossi
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| death_date = 11 September 1579
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Pomponio Cotta (died 11 September 1579) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1577–1579).{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Pomponio Cotta|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcotta.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
Biography
On 19 July 1577, Pomponio Cotta was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Novara.
He served as Bishop of Novara until his death on 11 September 1579.
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|author-link=|title=Diocese of Novara |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnova.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|author-link=|title=Diocese of Novara (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nova0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Novara
| years = 1577–1579
| before = Gerolamo Ragazzoni
| after = Francesco Bossi}}
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Category:16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII
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