Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Maria Abbiati | |
Bishop of Bobbio | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Bobbio |
Term: | 1618–1650 |
Predecessor: | Marcantonio Bellini |
Successor: | Alessandro Porro |
Consecration: | 21 December 1618 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Death Date: | 5 August 1650 |
Death Place: | Bobbio, Italy |
Francesco Maria Abbiati, C.R.L. (died 5 August 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bobbio (1618–1650).[1]
Francesco Maria Abbiati was ordained a priest in the Canons Regular of the Lateran.On 3 December 1618, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Bobbio.On 21 December 1618, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati. He served as Bishop of Bobbio until his death on 5 August 1650.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ippolito Campioni, Bishop of Chiusi (1638); and Francesco Antonio Biondo, Bishop of Capri (1638).