title: Cosimo Dossena
text: # Cosimo Dossena
  
  Bishop Cosimo Dossena, B. (1547 – 12 March 1620) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tortona from 1612 to 1620.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Cosimo Dossena was born in Pavia in 1547 and ordained a priest in the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul. On 27 February 1612, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Tortona. On 4 March 1612, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop Emeritus of Castro del Lazio, and Antonio Seneca, Bishop of Anagni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Tortona until his death on 12 March 1620.
  
  