Giuseppe Dossetti (13 February 1913 – 15 December 1996) was an Italian professor, politician, and Catholic priest who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1948 to 1952.

Dossetti obtained a law degree aged 21, and soon after joined the National Fascist Party, as was common among young graduates at the time.

Later, in a reversal of his prior leanings, Dossetti joined the Italian Resistance under the name "Benigno", where he became president of the Committee for National Liberation of Reggio Emilia.

Around that time, Dossetti, along with politicians Amintore Fanfani, Giorgio La Pira, and Giuseppe Lazzati, founded association Civitas Humana.

He was against NATO accession of Italy, which he considered dangerous, and in favour of social reforms aimed at helping the poorer parts of the population.

In the meantime, on 6 January 1956, he took religious vows after that, some months before, the Church authorities approved the monastic community of the "Piccola famiglia dell'Annunziata", founded by him and based on "silence, prayer, work, and poverty".