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Mario Aurelio Poli
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires | |
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| Archdiocese | Buenos Aires |
| Metropolis | Buenos Aires |
| See | Buenos Aires |
| Appointed | 28 March 2013 |
| Installed | 20 April 2013 |
| Term ended | 26 May 2023 |
| Predecessor | Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis) |
| Successor | Jorge García Cuerva |
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| Ordination | 25 November 1978 by Juan Carlos Aramburu |
| Consecration | 20 April 2002 by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) |
| Created cardinal | 22 February 2014 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | (1947-11-29) 29 November 1947 (age 76) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Concédeme, Señor, un corazón que escuche (Lord, give me a listening heart) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Mario Aurelio Poli (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo awˈɾeljo ˈpoli]; born 29 November 1947) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 2013 to 2023. He was the Bishop of Santa Rosa from 2008 to 2013 and before that an auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires from 2002 to 2008. Pope Francis, his predecessor in Buenos Aires, made him a cardinal in 2014.
Mario Poli was born in Buenos Aires in 1947 as a son of Italian immigrants.[1] He began his philosophical and theological studies in 1969 at the Inmaculada Concepción SeminaryinVilla Devoto. He obtained his bachelor's degree in social services at the University of Buenos Aires and his doctor of theology degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Poli was ordained a priest by Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu on 25 November 1978,[2] and led the Parish of San CayetanoinLiniers for two years.[3]
In 1992, the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires Antonio Quarracino appointed him Director of the Vocational Institute "Saint Joseph", a place of formation of future priests, where he exercised a peculiar and striking selective discrimination on the candidates for the priesthood, including criteria for ideological and socio-economic reasons as well as for carrying face and geographical origin.[citation needed]
He was professor of ecclesiastical history and patrology at the Argentine Catholic University.
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires on 8 February 2002,[4] and Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Santa Rosa on 24 June 2008.[5]
Poli opposed same-sex marriage in Argentina and in 2013 said that he would have a respectful but distant relationship with the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,[6] a political stance similar to that of Bergoglio.[7] and called for increased dialogue between the church and the state.[8]
News of his appointment as archbishop of Buenos Aires was leaked to the press on 27 March 2013, two weeks after the post became vacant upon the election of Jorge Bergoglio to the papacy as Pope Francis. The leak was an embarrassment for Church officials.[7] The Vatican announced Poli's appointment on 28 March[9] and he was installed on 20 April at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral.[10] He received the pallium from Pope Francis in Rome on 29 June 2013.
Poli was made a cardinal in the consistory of 22 February 2014[11] with the rank of cardinal priest and assigned the titular church of San Roberto Bellarmino,[12] the same titular assignment held by Pope Francis.[2]
On 19 February 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and Pontifical Council for the Laity.[13]
Poli gave the homily for the Mass at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral for the 2014 First National Government holiday. Poli quoted Francis and requested more political dialogue.[14]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop of Buenos Aires on 26 May 2023.[15]
He remained Ordinary for Catholics of the Eastern rites in Argentina until his resignation was accepted in November 2023. [16]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Santa Rosa 24 June 2008 – 28 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Buenos Aires 28 March 2013 – 26 May 2023 |
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| Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite 4 May 2013 – present |
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| Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino 22 February 2014 – present | ||
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