{{Short description|Argentine Catholic Cardinal (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Mario Aurelio Poli | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires|Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires]] | image = Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli (cropped).JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = Poli in 2014 | church = | province = | metropolis = Buenos Aires | archdiocese = Buenos Aires | see = Buenos Aires | elected = | appointed = 28 March 2013 | term = | term_start = 20 April 2013 | quashed = | term_end = 26 May 2023 | predecessor = [[Jorge Mario Bergoglio]] | opposed = | successor = [[Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva|Jorge García Cuerva]] | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[San Roberto Bellarmino (church)|Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino]]|[[Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite|Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite in Argentina]]}} | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (2002–2008)|Titular Bishop of Abidda (2002–2008)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in Argentina|Bishop of Santa Rosa]] (2008–2013)}} <!---------- Orders ---------->| ordination = 25 November 1978 | ordained_by = [[Juan Carlos Aramburu]] | consecration = 20 April 2002 | consecrated_by = [[Pope Francis|Jorge Mario Bergoglio]] | cardinal = 22 February 2014 | created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis | rank = Cardinal-Priest <!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|11|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | buried = | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = {{lang|es|Concédeme, Señor, un corazón que escuche}}<br />(Lord, give me a listening heart) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = [[File:Coat of arms of Mario A. Poli.svg|140px]] | coat_of_arms_alt = Coat of arms | other = }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 25 November 1978 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Jorge Bergoglio]] | co-consecrators = [[Juan Carlos Aramburu]]<br />[[Mario Jose Serra]]<br />[[Joaquin Mariano Sucunza]]<br />[[Guillermo Rodríguez-Malgarejo]] | date of consecration = 20 April 2002 | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 22 February 2014 | bishop 1 = [[Víctor Manuel Fernández]] | consecration date 1 = 15 June 2013 | bishop 2 = [[Alejandro Daniel Giorgi]] | consecration date 2 = 3 May 2014 | bishop 3 = [[Ernesto Giobando]] | consecration date 3 = 3 May 2014 | bishop 4 = [[Juan Carlos Ares]] | consecration date 4 = 26 December 2014 | bishop 5 = [[José María Baliña]] | consecration date 5 = 28 February 2015 }} {{Infobox Cardinal styles |name = Mario Aurelio Poli |image = Coat of arms of Mario A. Poli.svg |image_size = 200px |dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] |offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] |relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] |deathstyle = }} '''Mario Aurelio Poli''' ({{IPA|es|ˈmaɾjo awˈɾeljo ˈpoli}}; born 29 November 1947) is an Argentine prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who was the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires|Archbishop of Buenos Aires]] from 2013 to 2023. He was the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in Argentina|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 (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2014.
==Early life and career== Mario Poli was born in Buenos Aires in 1947 as a son of Italian immigrants.<ref>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Poli Mario Aurelio Poli] in ''The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church''</ref> He began his philosophical and theological studies in 1969 at the [[Inmaculada Concepción Seminary]] in [[Villa 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,<ref name=CatholicHierarchy>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpoli.html |title=Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli |work=Catholic Hierarchy |access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref> and led the Parish of [[Saint Cajetan|San Cayetano]] in [[Liniers]] for two years.<ref name=nacion>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567371-mario-poli-el-sucesor-del-papa-francisco-como-arzobispo-de-buenos-aires |title=Mario Poli, el sucesor del papa Francisco como arzobispo de Buenos Aires |trans-title=Mario Poli, the successor of Pope Francis as archbishop of Buenos Aires |language=es |date=27 March 2013 |newspaper=La Nación |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155839/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567371-mario-poli-el-sucesor-del-papa-francisco-como-arzobispo-de-buenos-aires |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
He was professor of ecclesiastical history and patrology at the Argentine Catholic University.
==Bishop== [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires on 8 February 2002,<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 26 May 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language =it | url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/02/08/0071/00212.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2002 | date = 8 February 2002 }}</ref> and [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in Argentina|Bishop of Santa Rosa]] on 24 June 2008.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 26 May 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language =it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/06/24/0425/00993.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.06.2008 | date = 24 June 2008 }}</ref>
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]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567892-tapa-poli-advirtio-que-la-relacion-con-el-gobierno-sera-con-la-debida-distancia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401010003/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567892-tapa-poli-advirtio-que-la-relacion-con-el-gobierno-sera-con-la-debida-distancia |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 April 2013 |title=Poli advirtió que la relación con el Gobierno será 'con la debida distancia' |trans-title=Poli warned that the relation with the Government will be 'with the due distance' |language=es |date=29 March 2013 |publisher=La Nación }}</ref> a political stance similar to that of Bergoglio.<ref name=clarin/> and called for increased dialogue between [[Church-state relations in Argentina|the church and the state]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1568119-mario-poli-yo-soy-pastor-y-no-politico-no-soy-bergoglio-en-eso |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401010225/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1568119-mario-poli-yo-soy-pastor-y-no-politico-no-soy-bergoglio-en-eso |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 April 2013 |title=Mario Poli: 'Yo soy pastor y no político; no soy Bergoglio en eso' |trans-title=Mario Poli: "I'm a preacher, not a politician; I'm not Bergoglio in that" |language=es |first=Silvina |last=Premat |date=30 March 2013 |publisher=La Nación |access-date=1 April 2013 }}</ref>
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.<ref name=clarin>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Iglesia-confirmaron-malestar-filtracion_0_891510865.html |title=Desde la Iglesia confirmaron el malestar por la filtración |trans-title=The Church confirmed their discomfort with the leak |language=es |first=Patricio |last=Downes |date=28 March 2013 |publisher=Clarín |access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref> The Vatican announced Poli's appointment on 28 March<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 26 May 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language =it | url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/03/28/0185/00420.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 28.03.2013 | date = 28 March 2013 }}</ref> and he was installed on 20 April at the [[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567707-oficial-mario-poli-es-el-nuevo-arzobipo-de-buenos-aires |title=Oficial: Mario Poli es el nuevo arzobipo de Buenos Aires |trans-title=Official: Mario Poli is the new archbishop of Buenos Aires |language=es |date=28 March 2013 |publisher=La Nación |access-date=25 March 2013 |archive-date=31 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331044303/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1567707-oficial-mario-poli-es-el-nuevo-arzobipo-de-buenos-aires |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received the [[pallium]] from Pope Francis in Rome on 29 June 2013.
==Cardinal== Poli was made a cardinal in the consistory of 22 February 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/01/12/pope_francis_announces_names_of_new_cardinals_/en1-763352|access-date=13 March 2014|work=Vatican Radio |title=Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals|date=12 January 2014}}</ref> with the rank of Cardinal-Priest of [[San Roberto Bellarmino (church)|San Roberto Bellarmino]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html |title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali |date=22 February 2014 |website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]] |publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice]] |language=it |trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703072411/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2014/documents/ns_lit_doc_20140222_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> the same titular assignment held by Pope Francis.<ref name=CatholicHierarchy/>
On 19 February 2014 he was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]] and Pontifical Council for the Laity.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 27 May 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/02/19/0120/00261.html | language = it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 19.02.2014 | date = 19 February 2014 }}</ref>
Poli delivered the homily for the [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] at the [[Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral]] for the 2014 [[First National Government]] holiday. Poli quoted Francis and requested more political dialogue.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1694494-tras-ocho-anos-de-ausencia-cristina-kirchner-regresa-al-tedeum-de-la-catedral-portena|title= Frente a Cristina Kirchner, Mario Poli citó al Papa: "O se apuesta por el diálogo o todos perdemos"|trans-title= Mario Poli quoted the Pope next to Cristina Kirchner: "Either we bet for dialogue or everybody loses"|language= es|date= 25 May 2014|publisher= La Nación|access-date= 27 May 2014|archive-date= 26 May 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140526231626/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1694494-tras-ocho-anos-de-ausencia-cristina-kirchner-regresa-al-tedeum-de-la-catedral-portena|url-status= dead}}</ref>
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop of Buenos Aires on 26 May 2023.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 26 May 2023 | date = 26 May 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/05/26/230526a.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 26.05.2023 }}</ref>
Poli remained Ordinary for Catholics of the Eastern rites in Argentina until his resignation was accepted in November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Mons. García Cuerva al frente del Ordinariato Oriental - AICA.org | url=https://aica.org/noticia.php?id=61608 | access-date=2025-03-31 | website=aica.org}}</ref>
Poli participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Cardinals created by Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commons category}} * {{cite web| access-date = 23 November 2017| title= Poli Card. Mario Aurelio |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_poli_ma.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 15 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171015203359/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_poli_ma.html }} *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpoli.html Mario Poli] on Catholic Hierarchy
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