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Severino Poletto (born 18 March 1933) is an Italian Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Turin in the Roman Catholic Church.Born in Salgareda Veneto Poletto was ordained a priest in 1957. He holds a licentiate in moral theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome and worked as a curate in Montemagno. In 1965 he was named parish priest in Oltreponte; at the same time he worked part-time in a local factory.In 1973 Poletto founded the Diocesan Centre for Family Ministry.
