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Ugo Poletti | |
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| Vicar General of Rome | |
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| Appointed | 5 March 1973 |
| Term ended | 25 February 1997 |
| Predecessor | Angelo Dell'Acqua |
| Successor | Camillo Ruini |
| Other post(s) | Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (1991–1997) |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1938 |
| Consecration | 14 September 1958 by Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni |
| Created cardinal | 5 March 1973 byPope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | Ugo Poletti (1914-04-19)19 April 1914 |
| Died | 25 February 1997(1997-02-25) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Spes certa poli |
Ugo Poletti (19 April 1914 – 25 February 1997) was an Italiancardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served asVicar General of Rome from 1973 to 1991, and was elevated to thecardinalate in 1973.
Born inOmegna, Poletti studied at theseminary inNovara before beingordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1938. He then served as vice-rector of thetheological seminary andbursar of the generaldiocesan seminary in Novara until 1946. After a period ofpastoral work from 1946 to 1951, Poletti was made Pro-Vicar General of Novara in 1954, and on 16 June 1955 aProtonotary Apostolic.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Rome (vicariate) |
On 12 July 1958, Poletti was appointedAuxiliary Bishop ofNovara andTitular Bishop of Medeli. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 14 September from Archbishop Vincenzo Gremigni,MSC, with Bishops Mario Longo Dorni and Francesco Brustia serving asco-consecrators. Poletti attended theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was later namedArchbishop of Spoleto on 26 June 1967.Pope Paul VI made himTitular Archbishop ofAemona and SecondVicegerent of Rome on 3 July 1969, and then Pro-Vicar General of Rome on 13 October 1972. He was also president of Pontifical Mission Aid Societies (1964–1967), a member of theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and was President of Pontifical Works and of the Liturgical Academy.
Poletti was createdCardinal-Priest ofSs. Ambrogio e Carlo by Pope Paul in theconsistory of 5 March 1973, in advance of his appointment asVicar General of Rome, and alsoArchpriest of theLateran Basilica, on 26 March of that same year. As Vicar General, Poletti administered thediocese in the name of the Pope, who is the Bishop of thediocese of Rome.
One of thecardinal electors who participated in theconclaves ofAugust andOctober 1978, Poletti is believed to have received up to thirty votes during a ballot of the latter conclave.[1] Earlier, in July 1976, the newsletterBulletin de l'Occident Chrétien had claimed that Poletti himself, among other high-ranking Church officials, was aFreemason, having been initiated on 17 February 1969, with the Masoniccode name of "Upo". According toDavid Yallop, in his 1984 bookIn God's Name, it was because of these alleged Masonic connections thatPope John Paul I had planned on transferring Poletti asArchbishop of Florence.[2] From 1985 to 1991, he was President of theItalian Episcopal Conference.
Upon his resignation as Cardinal Vicar on 17 January 1991, he was made Archpriest of theLiberian Basilica. In that same year, he allegedly authorized the interment ofgangsterEnrico De Pedis in thecrypt ofSant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine Church in Rome.[3]
Cardinal Poletti died from a heart attack in Rome,[4] at age 82. He is buried in the chapel of Santa Lucia in the Liberian Basilica.
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Spoleto 26 June 1967 – 3 July 1969 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vicar General of Rome 6 March 1973 – 17 January 1991 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal Priest ofSs. Ambrogio e Carlo 5 March 1973 – 25 February 1997 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the Italian Episcopal Conference 1985–1991 | Succeeded by |
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