Cosimo Dossena Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Cosimo Dossena
Bishop of Tortona
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Tortona
Term:1612–1620
Predecessor:Maffeo Gambara
Successor:Paolo Arese
Consecration:4 March 1612
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Birth Date:1547
Birth Place:Pavia, Italy
Death Date:12 March 1620 (age 73)
Death Place:Tortona, Italy

Bishop Cosimo Dossena, B. (1547 – 12 March 1620) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tortona from 1612 to 1620.[1]

Biography

Cosimo Dossena was born in Pavia in 1547 and ordained a priest in the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul.On 27 February 1612, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Tortona.On 4 March 1612, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop Emeritus of Castro del Lazio, and Antonio Seneca, Bishop of Anagni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Tortona until his death on 12 March 1620.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdossc.html "Bishop Cosimo Dossena, B."