Antonio Poma
President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (1969–79) | |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Cultura dei agri |
Antonio Poma (12 June 1910 – 24 September 1985)Archbishop of Bologna from 1968 to 1983, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
Biography
Poma was born in
Bishop of Pavia and a professor of literature and of dogmatic theology
at the same seminary in 1935.
On 28 October 1951, Poma was appointed
bishop of the same on 8 September 1954. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council. He was advanced to coadjutor archbishop of Bologna and titular archbishop of Hierpiniana on 16 July 1967. On 12 February 1968, Poma succeeded Giacomo Lercaro
as Archbishop of Bologna upon the latter's resignation.
During his tenure as Archbishop of Bologna, he founded the second
House of Charity, the Mensa della fraternità or Poor People's Refectory, the Diocesan Charitas and the Mission of the Bolognese Church in Tanzania.[2]
apostolic administrator
until the appointment of Bishop Enrico Manfredini on the following 18 March.
Poma also suffered from erysipelas.[4]
Poma died in Bologna, at age 75. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of the same city.
References
- OCLC 53276621.
- ^ Chiesa di Bologna. The History of the Church in Bologna Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Time. "The Communists Seize the Initiative". 31 May 1976.
- ^ Time. "The September Pope". 9 October 1978.
External links
- OCLC 53276621.
- Catholic-Hierarchy
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