Ugo Cardinal Poletti †

Deceased

Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo

Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1914		Born
29 Jun 1938	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Novara, Italy
21 Jul 1958	44.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy
21 Jul 1958	44.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Medeli
14 Sep 1958	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Medeli
26 Jun 1967	53.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
Oct 1967³	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Todi, Italy
1969²	54.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Todi, Italy
3 Jul 1969	55.2	Appointed	Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
3 Jul 1969	55.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aemona
13 Oct 1972	58.4	Appointed	Pro-Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
13 Oct 1972	58.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy
5 Mar 1973	58.8	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	58.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo
6 Mar 1973	58.8	Appointed	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
26 Mar 1973	58.9	Appointed	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}
3 Jul 1985	71.2	Appointed	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference
17 Jan 1991	76.7	Retired	Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
17 Jan 1991	76.7	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
17 Jan 1991	76.7	Ceased	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference
17 Jan 1991	76.7	Retired	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy
25 Feb 1997	82.8	Died	Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ugo Poletti
Ugo Cardinal Poletti
(born 19 Apr 1914, died 25 Feb 1997)
Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Omegna, Diocese of Novara
Ordained Priest Novara, Diocese of Novara
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral, Novara, Diocese of Novara
Death Place Gemelli Polyclinic, Hospital, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Buried Place (Original) S. Lucia Chapel, Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 58.6 years
a bishop for 38.4 years
a cardinal for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †
Bishop of Novara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mario Longo Dorni †
Bishop of Pistoia
Bishop Francesco Brustia †
Bishop of Andria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (1945)
Bishop of Novara
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

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Alessandro Damiano (1986)
Archbishop Santo Marcianò (1987)
Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice (1988)
Ordained Priest:
Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo (1960)
Bishop Guerino Di Tora (1971)
Bishop Vincenzo Apicella (1972)
Bishop Paolo Selvadagi (1972)
Archbishop Luigi Moretti (1974)
Archbishop Antonio Mennini (1974)
Archbishop Salvatore Rino Fisichella (1976)
Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi (1984)
Bishop Gianrico Ruzza (1987)
Archbishop Riccardo Lamba (1989)
Augusto Paolo Cardinal Lojudice (1989)
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B. (1990)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Giulio Salimei † (1973)
Bishop Clemente Riva, I.C. † (1975)
Bishop Diego Natale Bona † (1985)
Bishop Pietro Garlato † (1986)
Archbishop Giovanni Marra † (1986)
Bishop Antonio Bianchin † (1987)
Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M. (1987)
Archbishop Giuseppe Mani (1987)
Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio † (1987)
Bishop Bassano Staffieri † (1989)
Bishop Giuseppe Matarrese † (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vittorio Piola † (1970)
Bishop Daniele Ferrari † (1970)
Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † (1971)
Archbishop Remigio Ragonesi † (1971)
Bishop Mario Rossi † (1971)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/113057
VIAF: 88623193
WikiData: Q591653

Source(s):

c3+: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 74

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