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Mario Poli

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
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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 69)
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")
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Mario Aurelio Poli
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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.


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