Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Villanterio, Antonio Poma entered seminary in Pavia, being successively sent to Rome to further his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained priest there on April 15, 1933, he was soon named secretary to the bishop of Pavia and appointed to the teaching staff of the local seminary of which he eventually became rector. Elected auxiliary for the diocese of Mantua by Pope Pius XII, he received his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Tagaste on December 9, 1951 in Pavia. Named coadjutor of the see of Mantua with right of succession on August 2, 1952, he succeeded Msgr. Domenico Menna as ordinary on September 8, 1954. Promoted to titular archbishopric see of Gerpiniana and appointed coadjutor of Bologna with right of succession on July 16, 1967, he succeeded Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro as archbishop of Bologna on February 12, 1968. Pope Paul VI created him cardinal priest in the consistory of April 28, 1969 with the title of San Luca a via Prenestina. President of the Italian Episcopal Conference between 1969 and 1979, Poma resigned the pastoral government of his see on February 11, 1983 due to heart trouble. A longtime sufferer of erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire, the Cardinal succumbed to cardiac related complications in Bologna and was laid to rest in the city's cathedral.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Villanterio, Antonio Poma entered seminary in Pavia, being successively sent to Rome to further his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained priest there on April 15, 1933, he was soon named secretary to the bishop of Pavia and appointed to the teaching staff of the local seminary of which he eventually became rector. Elected auxiliary for the diocese of Mantua by Pope Pius XII, he received his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Tagaste on December 9, 1951 in Pavia. Named coadjutor of the see of Mantua with right of succession on August 2, 1952, he succeeded Msgr. Domenico Menna as ordinary on September 8, 1954. Promoted to titular archbishopric see of Gerpiniana and appointed coadjutor of Bologna with right of succession on July 16, 1967, he succeeded Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro as archbishop of Bologna on February 12, 1968. Pope Paul VI created him cardinal priest in the consistory of April 28, 1969 with the title of San Luca a via Prenestina. President of the Italian Episcopal Conference between 1969 and 1979, Poma resigned the pastoral government of his see on February 11, 1983 due to heart trouble. A longtime sufferer of erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire, the Cardinal succumbed to cardiac related complications in Bologna and was laid to rest in the city's cathedral.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
Inscription
RIPOSA IN CRISTO
NEL GREMBO DELLA CHIESA MADRE
IL CARD. ANTONIO POMA
VESCOVO A MANTUA DAL 1951 AL 1967
ARCHIVESCOVO DI BOLOGNA
DAL 1968 AL 1983
N. A VILLANTERIO - PAVIA IL 12.6.1910
M. A BOLOGNA IL 24.9.1985
SEMINO' VERITA E CARITA
NEI SOLCHI DELLA PAZIENZA EVANGELICA
PASTORE BUONO
RICORDATI DI NOI DAVANTI AL SIGNORE
PERCHE FORMIANO UN CUORE SOLO
E UN' ANIMA SOLA.
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