1. Antonio Poma was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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Antonio Poma served as Archbishop of Bologna from 1968 to 1983, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
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Antonio Poma was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Giuseppe Palica on 15 April 1933, in the chapel of the Major Roman Seminary.
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On 28 October 1951, Antonio Poma was appointed auxiliary bishop of Mantua and titular bishop of Thagaste by Pope Pius XII.
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Antonio Poma was named coadjutor bishop of Mantua on 2 August 1952, later succeeding Domenico Menna as bishop of the same on 8 September 1954.
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Antonio Poma was advanced to coadjutor archbishop of Bologna and titular archbishop of Hierpiniana on 16 July 1967.
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On 12 February 1968, Antonio Poma succeeded Giacomo Lercaro as Archbishop of Bologna upon the latter's resignation.
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From 1969 to 1979, Antonio Poma served as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference; during this capacity, he warned that Catholics who support communism separate themselves from the Church.
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Antonio Poma was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.
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Antonio Poma is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of the same city.