Michele Pellegrino Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Most Reverend Eminence
Michele Pellegrino
Archbishop Emeritus of Turin
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Turin
See:Turin
Appointed:18 September 1965
Enthroned:21 November 1965
Term End:1 August 1977
Predecessor:Maurilio Fossati
Successor:Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù pro hac vice (1967-86)
Ordination:19 September 1925
Ordained By:Quirico Travaini
Consecration:17 October 1965
Consecrated By:Giovanni Francesco Dadone
Cardinal:26 June 1967
Created Cardinal By:Pope Paul VI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Michele Pellegrino
Birth Date:25 April 1903
Birth Place:Centallo, Cuneo, Italy
Death Place:Cottolengo Hospital, Turin, Italy
Parents:Giuseppe Pellegrino
Angela Ristorti
Alma Mater:University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
Motto:Evangelizare pauperibus
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Michele Pellegrino.svg
Cardinal Name:Michele Pellegrino
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle:Cardinal
See:Turin

Michele Pellegrino (25 April 1903 – 10 October 1986) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1965 until 1977.[1]

Biography

Pellegrino was born in Centallo, province of Cuneo. He was educated at the Seminary of Fossano, Catholic University of Milan, and the Theological Faculty in Turin. He was ordained on 19 September 1925 in Fossano. After his ordination he served as spiritual director of the Seminary of Fossano from 1929 until 1933. He was Canon of the cathedral chapter of Fossano, vicar general and vicar capitular of the diocese between 1933 and 1943. He taught early Christian literature as a faculty member of the University of Turin until 1965.

Episcopate

Pope Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Turin on 18 September 1965. As a bishop he was present at the last session of the Second Vatican Council in 1965.

Cardinalate

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù by Pope Paul VI on 26 June 1967. He resigned the government of the archdiocese in 1977 due to age limit. He participated in the conclaves that elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II. He died three years later and is buried in his family tomb at Roata Chiusani Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michele Cardinal Pellegrino [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-05-11 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.