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Severino Cardinal Poletto
His Eminence Severino Cardinal Poletto (born 18 March 1933) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Turin in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Salgareda , Italy, Poletto was ordained a priest in 1957. He holds a licentiate in moral theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, and worked as a curate in Montemagno . In 1965 he was named parish priest in Oltreponte ; at the same time he worked part-time in a local factory.
In 1973, Poletto founded the Diocesan Centre for Family Ministry . In 1980, he rose to become Bishop of Fossano ; he also served for 10 years as secretary of the Piedmontese Episcopal Conference. In 1989 he was named Bishop of Asti and in 1999, Archbishop of Turin.
Proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 February 2001, Poletto was one of the cardinals considered papabile at the 2005 Papal conclave to elect a successor to John Paul II.
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