Mario Aurelio Poli

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His Eminence
Mario Aurelio Poli
Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires
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Archdiocese Buenos Aires
Metropolis Buenos Aires
See Buenos Aires
Appointed 28 March 2013
Installed 20 April 2013
Predecessor Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ
Other posts
Orders
Ordination 25 November 1978
by Juan Carlos Aramburu
Consecration 20 April 2002
by Jorge Bergoglio
Created Cardinal 22 February 2014
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1947-11-29) 29 November 1947 (age 76)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (2002-2008)
  • Titular Bishop of Abidda (2002-2008)
  • Bishop of Santa Rosa (2008-2013)
Motto
  • Concédeme Señor un corazón que escuche
  • (Give me a listening heart - 1 Kings 3.9)
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Mario Aurelio Poli[pronunciation?] (born 29 November 1947) is an Argentine cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since his installation on 20 April 2013, succeeding Jorge Bergoglio, SJ, who was elected as Pope Francis. He previously served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in Argentina.

Biography

Mario Poli was born in Buenos Aires in 1947. He began his philosophical and theological studies in 1969 at the Inmaculada Concepción Seminary in Villa Devoto. He obtained degrees as bachelor of social services at the University of Buenos Aires and as doctor of theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Poli was ordained a priest by Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu on 25 November 1978,[1] and led the Parish of San Cayetano in Liniers for two years.[2]

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary archbishop of Buenos Aires in 2002, and Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Santa Rosa in 2008.[2][1]

Poli has opposed same-sex marriage in Argentina and commented that he would have a respectful but distant relationship with the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,[3] a political stance similar to that of Bergoglio.[4] He has requested an increased dialogue between the church and the state.[5]

News of his appointment as Archbishop of Buenos Aires was leaked to the press on 27 March 2013, which was not well received by the church.[4] Poli's appointment was officially announced on 28 March and he was enthroned on 20 April at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral,[6] taking the place of Jorge Bergoglio, S.J., who had been elected pope on 13 March. He received the pallium from Pope Francis in Rome on 29 June 2013.

Poli was created Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of 22 February 2014.[7] and assigned the titular church of San Roberto Bellarmino; as was the case with the see of Buenos Aires, this title's last previous occupant was Bergoglio (now Pope Francis).[1]

On 19 February 2014 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.[8]

Poli spoke in the te deum at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral for the 2014 First National Government holiday. The Kirchners ceased to attend the celebrations when Bergoglio criticized the president Néstor Kirchner; Cristina Kirchner returned in 2014. Poli quoted Francis and requested more political dialogue. [9]

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References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Rinaldo Fidel Brédice
Bishop of Santa Rosa in Argentina
2008–2013
Succeeded by
Raúl Martín
Preceded by
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
(elected Pope)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
20 April 2013–present
Incumbent