Giuseppe Pozzobonelli
| Giuseppe Pozzobonelli | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 6 May 1737 |
| Term ended | 27 April 1783 |
| Predecessor | Carlo Gaetano Stampa |
| Successor | Filippo Maria Visconti |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina |
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| Ordination | 23 Dec 1730 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 21 July 1743 (Bishop) by Pope Benedict XIV |
| Created Cardinal | 9 September 1743 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 August 1696 Milan |
| Died | 27 April 1783 (aged 86) Milan |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
| Coat of arms |  |
Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli (or Puteobonellus, 1696–1783) was an Italian Cardinal and the Archbishop of Milan from 1743 to 1783.
Giuseppe Pozzobonelli was born on 11 August 1696 in Milan, which at the time was part of Duchy of Milan. Pozzobonelli was the son of a noble family, and lost his mother during childhood. He was educated by the Jesuits and on 5 January 1722 he earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia.
On 23 December 1730 Giuseppe Pozzobonelli was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Milan by Cardinal Benedetto Erba Odescalchi, who was his spiritual father. He joined the teaching staff of the seminary of his archdiocese. In 1734 he was named conservator of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Later he was named vicar of the archbishop for the nuns of the town. At the death of Archbishop Carlo Gaetano Stampa on 23 December 1742 he was elected vicar capitular of the Archdiocese.
In July 1743, Pope Benedict XIV named him archbishop of Milan, and on 21 July 1743 he was consecrated bishop by the pope himself in San Carlo al Corso, Rome. However he could formally take possession of Milan's diocese only eleven months later, on 21 June 1744, due to the late assent from Maria Theresa of Austria.
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