Mario Aurelio Poli
Mario Aurelio Cardinal Poli ( born November 29, 1947 in Buenos Aires ) is Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Life
Mario Aurelio Poli studied law and social sciences, then entered the diocesan seminary in Buenos Aires (Villa Devoto ) and studied philosophy and Catholic theology. On November 25, 1978 he was ordained priest by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu. During his theological doctorate studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina " Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires " (UCA ) he was parochial vicar of San Cayetano ( 1978-1980 ). He was at the diocesan seminary Villa Devoto (1980-1987) worked and chaplain of the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration ( 1988-1991). In 1991 he became director of the Instituto Vocacional San Jose and Professor of Church History at the Theological Faculty of the UCA.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on 8 February 2002 as Titular Bishop of Abidda and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires. He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio SJ on 20 April of the same year; Co-consecrators were Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu, emeritus Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and the Auxiliary Bishops Mario José Serra, Joaquín Mariano Sucunza and Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo.
On 24 June 2008 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. Bishop of Santa Rosa. In the Argentine Episcopal Conference, he was a member of the Education Commission and is president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and the Bible ministry.
Pope Francis appointed him on March 28, 2013 to the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Poli was introduced into the office on April 20th of that year. In addition, he took over the post of Professor of the Catholics of Oriental rites in Argentina, which held the current Pope Francis since 1998. Poli was the episcopal motto " Concédeme Señor un corazón que escuche " to German "Give me, Lord, a listening heart " ( 1 Kings 3.9 by EU).
In solemn consistory of 22 February Pope Francis took him a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Roberto Bellarmine to the College of Cardinals.