Michele Pellegrino

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.