Severino Poletto

Severino Poletto (born 18 March 1933) is an Italian Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Turin in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Salgareda, Veneto, 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.
After finishing his studies
Proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 February 2001, Poletto was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, although Poletto was considered papabile himself.
==External links==
* Biography at catholic-pages.com
Category:1933 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from the Province of Treviso
Category:Italian cardinals
Category:Bishops of Asti
Category:Archbishops of Turin
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
de:Severino Poletto
fr:Severino Poletto
it:Severino Poletto
la:Severinus Poletto
nl:Severino Poletto
no:Severino Poletto
pl:Severino Poletto
pt:Severino Poletto
ru:Полетто, Северино