Alfonso Pozzi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alfonso Pozzi
Bishop of Borgo San Donnino
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1620–1626
Predecessor:Giovanni Linati
Successor:Ranuccio Scotti Douglas
Consecration:5 April 1620
Consecrated By:Roberto Ubaldini
Birth Date:1582
Birth Place:Piacenza, Italy
Death Date:25 August 1626 (age 44)
Death Place:Borgo San Donnino, Italy

Alfonso Dal Pozzo Farnese or Thomas Pozzi (1582 – 25 August 1626) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1620–1626).[1]

Biography

Alfonso Pozzi was born in Piacenza, Italy in 1582.[2] On 30 March 1620, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino.On 5 April 1620, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Ubaldini, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, with Orazio Mattei, Bishop of Gerace, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Borgo San Donnino until his death on 25 August 1626.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 124. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop (Thomas) Alfonso Pozzi . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.