Cardinal Ugo Poletti
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Ugo Poletti (19 April 1914 - 25 February 1997) was the Vicar-General of the diocese of Rome, and so controller of all the clergy in the city; Member of the Sacred Congregation of Sacraments and of Divine Worship; President of Pontifical Works, and of the Liturgical Academy; Archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of the Lateran.
[edit] Biography
Poletti was ordained priest on June 29, 1938. In July 12, 1958 he became Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, and in 1967 Bishop of Spoleto. In 1973 Pope Paul VI elevated him to the rank of Cardinal and made him his Vicar for the City of Rome. Some sources suggest that Poletti may have received up to thirty votes in one ballot of the October 1978 conclave.
He undertook a number of special missions on behalf of the Holy See, dating from the time of Pope Pius XII. After his retirement from Vicarate duty in 1991, he served as arch-priest for the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
Allegedly, in 1991 he had authorized gangster Enrico De Pedis' internment in the Crypt of Saint Apollinare’s Church in Rome. [1]
[edit] Bibliography
- E. Cutolo: Ugo Poletti, cardinale vicario di Sua Santità. Neapel 1973
- Niccolò Del Re: Il vicegerente del vicariato di Roma. Rome 1976, S. 78
