Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli

Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino

Motto: Da Cor Docile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1947		Born
25 Nov 1978	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 Feb 2002	54.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 Feb 2002	54.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abidda
20 Apr 2002	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abidda
24 Jun 2008	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
30 Aug 2008	60.7	Installed	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
28 Mar 2013	65.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 Apr 2013	65.3	Installed	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 May 2013	65.4	Appointed	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
22 Feb 2014	66.2	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	66.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino
23 Feb 2014	66.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino
26 May 2023	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 Nov 2023	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites

MicroData Summary
Mario Aurelio Poli
Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli
(born 29 Nov 1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires

Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop
Consistory - 2014: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Ordained Priest Santísima Trinidad, Cathedral, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Ordained Bishop Santísima Trinidad, Cathedral, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu †
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Principal Consecrator:
Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J. †
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini
Bishop Mario José Serra †
Titular Bishop of Mentesa
Bishop Joaquín Mariano Sucunza
Titular Bishop of Saetabis
Bishop Guillermo Rodríguez-Melgarejo †
Titular Bishop of Ucres

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J. † (1992)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Victor Manuel Cardinal Fernández (2013)
Bishop Alejandro Daniel Giorgi (2014)
Bishop Ernesto Giobando, S.J. (2014)
Bishop Juan Carlos Ares (2014)
Bishop José María Baliña (2015)
Archbishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara (2017)
Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (2017)
Bishop Luis Dario Martín (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlos José Tissera (2005)
Bishop César Daniel Fernández (2007)
Vicente Cardinal Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (2010)
Bishop Han Lim Moon (2014)
Bishop Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell (2015)
Bishop Ignacio Damián Medina (2020)
Bishop Fabián González Balsa (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1653816

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 24 Jun 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Number 14,177
ab: Bollettino, 28 Mar 2013
ab: Bollettino, 4 May 2013
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: CB, 24 Feb 2014
r: Bollettino, 26 May 2023
r: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2023

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