Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Vazari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jun 1914		Born
27 Mar 1937	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Oct 1965	51.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Vazari
27 Oct 1965	51.3	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zambia
5 Dec 1965	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Vazari
21 May 1966	51.8	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Malawi
20 Sep 1971	57.2	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
20 Sep 1971	57.2	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
18 Sep 1978	64.2	Resigned	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho
18 Sep 1978	64.2	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa
23 Apr 1980	65.8	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

MicroData Summary
Alfredo Poledrini
Archbishop Alfredo Poledrini
(born 30 Jun 1914, died 23 Apr 1980)
Apostolic Nuncio

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Genova, Archdiocese of Genova, Italy
Ordained Bishop San Carlo al Corso, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 14.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Archbishop Peter Fanyana John Butelezi, O.M.I. † (1972)
Bishop John Thomas Durkin, M.S.C. † (1973)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.Ss.R. † (1974)
Bishop Mansuet Dela Biyase † (1975)
Archbishop George Francis Daniel (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19258976

Source(s):

c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,031, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 89
tarc: JPG, 12 May 2026

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