Luigi Poggi [SEP] position held
Luigi Poggi
Luigi Poggi (25 November 1917 – 4 May 2010) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Poggi was a close confidant of Pope John Paul II, and acted as his secret emissary to Warsaw, Moscow and Washington. He was appointed by the Pope as head of the Vatican Secret Archives and the Vatican Library.
Early life.
Born in Piacenza, Poggi did all his studies prior to priestly ordination in that city and was sent to Rome in 1944 primarily to study diplomacy at
March 1946)
- Luigi Arrigoni (31 May 1946 – 6 July 1948)
- Giovanni Panico (28 Sep 1948 – 14 November 1953)
- Francesco Lardone ( 1953–1959)
- Romolo Carboni (2 Sep 1959 – 26 April 1969)
- Luigi Poggi (21 May 1969 – 1 August 1973)
- Carlo Furno (1 Aug 1973 – 25 November 1978)
- Mario Tagliaferri (15 Dec 1978 – 20 July 1985)
- Luigi Dossena (30 Dec 1985 – 2 March 1994