Francesco Bossi

Most Reverend Francesco Bossi
Church	Catholic Church
Predecessor	Pomponio Cotta
Successor	Gaspare Visconti
Orders
Consecration	28 August 1568 by Otto Truchseß von Waldburg
Personal details
Born	1525 Milan, Italy
Died	18 September 1583 (age 58) Novara, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Bishop of Gravina (1568-1574) Bishop of Perugia (1574-1579)

Francesco Bossi (1525 – 18 September, 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1579-1583), Bishop of Perugia (1574-1579), and Bishop of Gravina (1568-1574).

Francesco Bossi was born in Milan in 1525. On 2 August 1568, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Gravina. On 28 August 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Otto Truchseß von Waldburg, Bishop of Augsburg. On 5 May 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Perugia. On 21 October 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Novara. He served as Bishop of Novara until his death on 18 September 1583. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ottavio Santacroce, Bishop of Cervia (1576), and Ottaviano Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia) (1584).