Michele Pellegrino

His Eminence Michele Pellegrino
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Turin
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Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Turin
Appointed	18 September 1965
Installed	21 November 1965
Term ended	1 August 1977
Predecessor	Maurilio Fossati
Successor	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero
Other post	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù pro hac vice (1967-86)
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1925 by Quirico Travaini
Consecration	17 October 1965 by Giovanni Francesco Dadone
Created cardinal	26 June 1967 by Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Michele Pellegrino 25 April 1903 Centallo, Cuneo, Italy
Died	10 October 1986 (aged 83) Cottolengo Hospital, Turin, Italy
Parents	Giuseppe Pellegrino Angela Ristorti
Alma mater	University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
Motto	Evangelizare pauperibus

Michele Pellegrino (25 April 1903 – 10 October 1986) was an Italian cardinal who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1965 until 1977.

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.

In August 1968, Pellegrino visited Denmark, where he stayed with the apostolic delegate to the Nordic countries, Archbishop Bruno B. Heim, in Vedbæk. A contemporary Danish press report described him as one of the most prominent figures in the Catholic Church, mentioned him as a possible future papal candidate, and placed him on the progressive wing among the Italian Catholic bishops.

He resigned from the government of the archdiocese in 1977 due to the 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.