Giampaolo Dolfin (1736-1819) was a Roman Catholic prelate who became Bishop of Bergamo from 1777 to 1819.

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Born
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, Croatia), he joined the

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and in 1774 was appointed

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. Three years later, Pope Pius VI named him Bishop of Bergamo. In the first years of his tenure he tried to establish good relations with the

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, the ruling power of the territory of his diocese. After the

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and the occupation of Bergamo by the French Empire, Dolfin was one of the few bishops who did not try to prevent the seizure of church properties by the French. Dolfin died in 1819 when Bergamo was part of the

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolfin, Giampaolo 1736 births 1819 deaths 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Bergamo

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