Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca | |
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Luni e Sarzana |
Term: | 1537–1561 |
Predecessor: | Silvestro Benedetti |
Successor: | Simone Pasqua |
Consecration: | 22 Feb 1538 |
Consecrated By: | Alfonso Oliva |
Death Date: | 1561 |
Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca or Giovanni Francesco Polascha (died 1561) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1537–1561).[1]
On 28 Nov 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana.[2] 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.