Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca

Most Reverend Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Luni e Sarzana
In office	1537–1561
Predecessor	Silvestro Benedetti
Successor	Simone Pasqua
Orders
Consecration	22 Feb 1538 by Alfonso Oliva
Personal details
Died	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]

Biography

On 28 Nov 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana.^[1]^[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.^[2] He served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana until his death in 1561.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 231. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Luni (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}