His Eminence Mario Aurelio Poli |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires | |
Archdiocese | Buenos Aires |
Metropolis | Buenos Aires |
See | Buenos Aires |
Appointed | 28 March 2013 |
Installed | 20 April 2013 |
Predecessor | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ |
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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 |
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Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
29 November 1947
Nationality | Argentine |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | "Concédeme Señor un corazón que escuche" ("Give me a listening heart") |
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Ordination history of Mario Aurelio Poli | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 25 November 1978 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ |
Co-consecrators |
Juan Carlos Aramburu Mario Jose Serra Joaquin Mariano Sucunza Guillermo Rodríguez-Malgarejo |
Date of consecration | 20 April 2002 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pope Francis |
Date of elevation | 22 February 2014 |
Bishops consecrated by Mario Aurelio Poli as principal consecrator
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Victor Manuel Fernández | 15 June 2013 |
Alejandro Daniel Giorgi | 3 May 2014 |
Ernesto Giobando, SJ | 3 May 2014 |
Juan Carlos Ares | 26 December 2014 |
José María Baliña | 28 February 2015 |
Styles of Mario Aurelio Poli |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Mario Aurelio Poli (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.
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, and led the Parish of San Cayetano in Liniers for two years.
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires in 2002, and Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Santa Rosa in 2008.
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, a political stance similar to that of Bergoglio. He has requested an increased dialogue between the church and the state.