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hreflang="nb" data-title="Giovanni Umberto Colombo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Colombo" title="Giovanni Colombo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Giovanni Colombo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Colombo" title="Giovanni Colombo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Giovanni Colombo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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background-color: #FFA4A4;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline;"><a href="/wiki/His_Eminence" class="mw-redirect" title="His Eminence">His Eminence</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="fn">Giovanni Colombo</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader role"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishop of Milan">Archbishop Emeritus of Milan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg/220px-658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg/330px-658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/658_Card_Giovanni_Colombo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="442" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Church</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archdiocese</th><td class="infobox-data">Milan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">See</th><td class="infobox-data">Milan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointed</th><td class="infobox-data">10 August 1963</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Installed</th><td class="infobox-data">20 October 1963</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term ended</th><td class="infobox-data">29 December 1979</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Giovanni Battista Montini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Maria_Martini" title="Carlo Maria Martini">Carlo Maria Martini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Martino_ai_Monti" title="San Martino ai Monti">Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti</a> (1965–92)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Auxiliary Bishop of Milan (1960–63)</li><li>Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia (1960–63)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">29 May 1926<br />by <a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Tosi" title="Eugenio Tosi">Eugenio Tosi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">7 December 1960<br />by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Giovanni Battista Montini</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created cardinal</th><td class="infobox-data">22 February 1965<br />by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal-Priest" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal-Priest">Cardinal-Priest</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-12-06</span>)</span>6 December 1902<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Caronno_Pertusella" title="Caronno Pertusella">Caronno Pertusella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 May 1992<span style="display:none">(1992-05-20)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Milan">Cathedral of Milan</a>, Milan, Italy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Veritas et amore</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coat of arms</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Giovanni Colombo's coat of arms"><img alt="Giovanni Colombo's coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Giovanni_Colombo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Giovanni Umberto Colombo</b> (6 December 1902 – 20 May 1992) was an Italian <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a> of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milan" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan">Archbishop of Milan</a> from 1963 to 1979 and was elevated to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">cardinal</a> in 1965. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_priesthood">Early life and priesthood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and priesthood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Giovanni Colombo was born in <a href="/wiki/Caronno_Pertusella" title="Caronno Pertusella">Caronno Pertusella</a>, Lombardy, the sixth of the seven children of Enrico and Luigia (née Millefanti) Colombo. His mother worked as a shirt-<a href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">maker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embroidery" title="Embroidery">embroiderer</a>. Colombo was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptized</a> two days after his birth, on 8 December. </p><p>Initially studying with the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Congregation of the Immaculate Conception">Sisters of the Immaculate Conception</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ivrea" title="Ivrea">Ivrea</a>, he then attended <a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">seminaries</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seveso" title="Seveso">Seveso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monza" title="Monza">Monza</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> (where he obtained a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Sacred_Theology" title="Doctor of Sacred Theology">doctorate in theology</a> in 1926), and received a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">doctorate in letters</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A0_Cattolica_del_Sacro_Cuore" title="Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore">Catholic University of Milan</a> in 1932. Receiving the clerical <a href="/wiki/Tonsure" title="Tonsure">tonsure</a> on 26 May 1923, Colombo was <a href="/wiki/Holy_Orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Orders">ordained</a> to the priesthood by Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Tosi" title="Eugenio Tosi">Eugenio Tosi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambrosians#The_Oblates_of_St._Ambrose_and_of_St._Charles" title="Ambrosians">OSSCA</a>, on 29 May 1926 in the <a href="/wiki/Milan_Cathedral" title="Milan Cathedral">Cathedral of Milan</a>. He was made Professor of Letters at the Seveso seminary in October of that same year. </p><p>At the seminary in <a href="/wiki/Venegono_Inferiore" title="Venegono Inferiore">Venegono Inferiore</a>, he served as Professor of Italian (named in October 1931), Professor of Sacred Eloquence (1932–1944), and <a href="/wiki/Rector_(ecclesiastical)" title="Rector (ecclesiastical)">rector</a> (2 August 1939 – 1953). Professor of Italian language and literature at the Faculties of Education and of Letters and Philosophy of the Catholic University of Sacro Cuore of Milan, 1937–1939. Colombo was raised to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Monsignor" title="Monsignor">Monsignor</a> on 7 December 1948 and later Rector Major of the Seminaries of Milan on 23 July 1953. On 30 August 1954, he administered <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anointing of the Sick (Catholic Church)">Extreme Unction</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ildefonso_Schuster" class="mw-redirect" title="Ildefonso Schuster">Ildefonso Schuster</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Beatification" title="Beatification">beatified</a> in 1991. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archbishop">Archbishop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Archbishop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 October 1960, Colombo was appointed <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary Bishop</a> of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milan" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan">Milan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular Bishop</a> of Philippopolis in Arabia. He received his <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop (Catholicism)">episcopal consecration</a> on the following 7 December from Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Giovanni Battista Montini</a>, with Archbishop Anacleto Cazzaniga and Bishop Giuseppe Schiavini serving as <a href="/wiki/Consecrator" title="Consecrator">co-consecrators</a>. Sitting on the <a href="/wiki/Central_Preparatory_Commission" title="Central Preparatory Commission">Conciliar preparatory commissions</a> for seminaries and universities, Colombo attended the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a> (1962–1965). After Montini was elected <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a>, he named Colombo to succeed him as <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milan" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan">Archbishop of Milan</a> on 10 August 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/Bernardus_Johannes_Alfrink" title="Bernardus Johannes Alfrink">Bernardus Johannes Alfrink</a>, he assisted <a href="/wiki/Achille_Li%C3%A9nart" title="Achille Liénart">Achille Liénart</a> in delivering one of the closing messages of the council on 8 December 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 January 1965, he presided at the ceremonies marking the completion of the construction of the Milan Cathedral, begun in 1397, by blessing the last of its five bronze doors and celebrating Mass.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cardinal_and_death">Cardinal and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cardinal and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was created <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal-Priest</a> of <a href="/wiki/San_Martino_ai_Monti" title="San Martino ai Monti">Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti</a> by Pope Paul VI in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_consistory" title="Papal consistory">consistory</a> of 22 February 1965, and was one of the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclaves,_August_and_October_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978">cardinal electors</a> who participated in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave" title="Papal conclave">conclaves</a> of <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_August_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, August 1978">August</a> and <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_October_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, October 1978">October 1978</a>. In the latter conclave, although ill, he obtained many votes as a compromise candidate between <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Siri" title="Giuseppe Siri">Giuseppe Siri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Benelli" title="Giovanni Benelli">Giovanni Benelli</a>, but he stated that he would decline the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">papacy</a> in the event of his election.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired as archbishop of Milan on 29 December 1979. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg/135px-IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg/203px-IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg/270px-IMG_6908_-_Milano_-_Duomo_-_Lapide_Giovanni_Colombo_1902-1992_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_21-Feb-2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Tomb of Giovanni Colombo.</figcaption></figure> <p>Colombo died in Milan, at age 89. He is buried under the pavement of the right side <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> in front of the altar that contains the remains of Blessed Cardinal Schuster in the Milan Cathedral. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-55-1963-ocr.pdf"><i>Acta Apostolicae Sedis</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Harvard University Press. p. 99. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-93261-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-93261-7"><bdi>0-674-93261-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inside+The+Vatican%3A+The+Politics+and+Organization+of+the+Catholic+Church&rft.pages=99&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-674-93261-7&rft.aulast=Reese&rft.aufirst=Thomas+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGiovanni+Colombo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Colombo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Pope Paul VI">Giovanni Battista Montini</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milan" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan">Archbishop of Milan</a> </b><br />10 August 1963 – 29 December 1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Maria_Martini" title="Carlo Maria Martini">Carlo Maria Martini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">SJ</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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0.25em"> <ul><li>St <a href="/wiki/Barnabas" title="Barnabas">Barnabas</a> (50–55)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Anathalon" title="Anathalon">Anathalon</a> (53–63)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Caius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Caius (bishop of Milan)">Caius</a> (63–85)</li> <li><i>sede vacante</i></li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Castritian" title="Castritian">Castricianus</a> (97–138)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Calimerius" title="Calimerius">Calimerius</a> (138–191)</li> <li><i>sede vacante</i></li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Monas_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Monas (bishop of Milan)">Monas</a> (283–313?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Mirocles_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Mirocles (bishop of Milan)">Mirocles</a> (313–316?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Maternus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Maternus (bishop of Milan)">Maternus</a> (316–328?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Protasius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Protasius (bishop of Milan)">Protasius</a> (328–343?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Eustorgius_I" title="Eustorgius I">Eustorgius I</a> (343–349?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Dionysius (bishop of Milan)">Dionysius</a> (349–355)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxentius_of_Milan" title="Auxentius of Milan">Auxentius</a>$ (355–374)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose</a> (374–397)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Simplician" title="Simplician">Simplician</a> (397–400)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Venerius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Venerius (bishop of Milan)">Venerius</a> (400–408)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Marolus" title="Marolus">Marolus</a> (408–423)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Martinianus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Martinianus (bishop of Milan)">Martinianus</a> (423–435)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Glycerius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Glycerius (bishop of Milan)">Glycerius</a> (436–438)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Lazarus (bishop of Milan)">Lazarus</a> (438–449)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Eusebius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Eusebius (bishop of Milan)">Eusebius</a> (449–462)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Gerontius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Gerontius (bishop of Milan)">Gerontius</a> (462–465)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Benignus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Benignus (bishop of Milan)">Benignus</a> (465–472)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Senator_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Senator (bishop of Milan)">Senator</a> (472–475)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Theodorus_I_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Theodorus I (bishop of Milan)">Theodorus I</a> (475–490)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_I_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Lawrence I (bishop of Milan)">Lawrence I</a> (490–512)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Eustorgius_II" title="Eustorgius II">Eustorgius II</a> (512–518)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Magnus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Magnus (bishop of Milan)">Magnus</a> (518–530?)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Dacius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Dacius (bishop of Milan)">Dacius</a> (530–552)</li> <li>Vitale (552–556)</li> <li>St Ausanus (556–559?)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Genoa period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>St Honoratus (560–571?)</li> <li>Frontone (571–573?)</li> <li>Lawrence II (573–592)</li> <li>Constantius (593–600)</li> <li>Deodatus (601–628)</li> <li>Asterius (629–639)</li> <li>Forte (639–641)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Middle Ages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>St <a href="/wiki/John_the_Good_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="John the Good (bishop of Milan)">John the Good</a> (641–669)</li> <li>St Antonino (669–671)</li> <li>St Maurilio (671)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Ampelius_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Ampelius (bishop of Milan)">Ampelius</a> (671–676)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Mansuetus_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Mansuetus (bishop of Milan)">Mansuetus</a> (676–685)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Benedict_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Benedict (bishop of Milan)">Benedict</a> (685–732)</li> <li>Theodorus II (732–746)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Natalis_(bishop_of_Milan)" title="Natalis (bishop of Milan)">Natalis</a> (746–747)</li> <li>Arifred (747–748)</li> <li>Stabile (748–750)</li> <li>Leto (751–755)</li> <li>Thomas (755–783)</li> <li>Peter (784–803)</li> <li>Odelpert (803–813)</li> <li>St Anselm I (813–818)</li> <li>St Buono (818–822)</li> <li>Angilbert I (822–823)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angilbert_II" title="Angilbert II">Angilbert II Pusterla</a> (824–859)</li> <li>Tadone (860–868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anspert" title="Anspert">Anspert</a> (868–881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_II_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Anselm II (archbishop of Milan)">Anselmo II Capra</a> (882–896)</li> <li>Landulf I (896–899)</li> <li>Andrea of Canciano (899–906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aicone" title="Aicone">Aicone</a> (906–918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gariberto_of_Besana" title="Gariberto of Besana">Gariberto of Besana</a> (918–921)</li> <li>Lambert (921–931)</li> <li>Elduin (931–936)</li> <li>Arderico (936–948)</li> <li>Adelman (948–953)</li> <li>Walpert (953–970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnulf_I_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Arnulf I (archbishop of Milan)">Arnulf I</a> (970–974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotofredo_I_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Gotofredo I (archbishop of Milan)">Gotofredo I</a> (974–979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landulf_of_Carcano" title="Landulf of Carcano">Landulf II of Carcano</a> (980–998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnulf_II_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Arnulf II (archbishop of Milan)">Arnolfo II da Arsago</a> (998–1018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aribert_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Aribert (archbishop of Milan)">Ariberto da Intimiano</a> (1018–1045)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_da_Velate" title="Guido da Velate">Guido da Velate</a> (1045–1069)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atto_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Atto (archbishop of Milan)">Attone</a> (1070–1075)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotofredo_da_Castiglione" title="Gotofredo da Castiglione">Gotofredo II da Castiglione</a> (1070–1075, antibishop)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tedald_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Tedald (archbishop of Milan)">Tebald da Castiglione</a> (1075–1080)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_III_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Anselm III (archbishop of Milan)">Anselmo III da Rho</a> (1086–1093)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnulf_III_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Arnulf III (archbishop of Milan)">Arnolfo III</a> (1093–1097)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_IV_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Anselm IV (archbishop of Milan)">Anselmo IV da Bovisio</a> (1097–1101)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosolanus" title="Grosolanus">Grosolanus</a> (1102–1112)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Jordan (archbishop of Milan)">Giordano da Clivio</a> (1112–1120)</li> <li>Ulrich da Corte (1120–1126)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselmo_della_Pusterla" title="Anselmo della Pusterla">Anselmo della Pusterla</a> (1126–1135)</li> <li>Robaldo (1135–1145)</li> <li>Umberto I da Pirovano (1146–1166)</li> <li>St <a href="/wiki/Galdino_della_Sala" class="mw-redirect" title="Galdino della Sala">Galdino della Sala</a> (1166–1176)</li> <li>Algisio da Pirovano (1176–1185)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_III" title="Pope Urban III">Umberto II Crivelli</a> (1185–1187, elected Pope Urban III)</li> <li>Milone da Cardano (1187–1195)</li> <li>Umberto III da Terzago (1195–1196)</li> <li>Filippo I da Lampugnano (1196–1206)</li> <li>Umberto IV da Pirovano (1206–1211)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gerardo_da_Sesso" title="Gerardo da Sesso">Gerardo da Sesso</a> (1211, elect)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_da_Settala" title="Enrico da Settala">Enrico I da Settala</a> (1213–1230)</li> <li>Guglielmo I da Rizolio (1230–1241)</li> <li>Leon da Perego (1241–1257)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottone_Visconti" title="Ottone Visconti">Ottone Visconti</a> (1262–1295)</li> <li>Ruffino da Frisseto (1295–1296)</li> <li>Francesco I da Parma (1296–1308)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassone_della_Torre" title="Cassone della Torre">Cassone della Torre</a> (1308–1317)</li> <li>Aicardo da Intimiano (1317–1339)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Visconti_(archbishop_of_Milan)" title="Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)">Giovanni II Visconti</a> (1342–1354)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Visconti" title="Roberto Visconti">Roberto Visconti</a> (1354–1361)</li> <li>Guglielmo II della Pusterla (1361–1370)</li> <li>Simon da Borsano (1370–1380)</li> <li>Antonio de' Saluzzi (1380–1401)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antipope_Alexander_V" title="Antipope Alexander V">Pietro II di Candia</a> (1402–1410)</li> <li>Francesco II Crippa (1409–1414)</li> <li>Bartolommeo Capra (1414–1433)</li> <li>Francesco III Piccolpasso (1433–1443)</li> <li>Enrico II Rampini (1443–1450)</li> <li>Giovanni III Visconti (1450–1453)</li> <li>Nicolò Amidano (1453–1454)</li> <li>Timoteo Maffei (1454)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Sforza" title="Gabriele Sforza">Gabriele Sforza</a> (1454–1457)</li> <li>Carlo I da Forlì (1457–1461)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefano_Nardini" title="Stefano Nardini">Stefano Nardini</a> (1461–1484)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Arcimboldi" title="Giovanni Arcimboldi">Giovanni Arcimboldi</a> (1484–1488)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_Antonio_Arcimboldi" title="Guido Antonio Arcimboldi">Guido Antonio Arcimboldi</a> (1488–1497)</li> <li>Ottaviano Arcimboldi (1497)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ippolito_d%27Este" title="Ippolito d'Este">Ippolito d'Este</a> (1497–1520)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ippolito_II_d%27Este" title="Ippolito II d'Este">Ippolito II d'Este</a> (1520–1550)</li> <li>Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550–1555)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filippo_Archinto" title="Filippo Archinto">Filippo II Archinto</a> (1556–1558)</li> <li><i>sede vacante</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Modern age</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>St. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Borromeo" title="Charles Borromeo">Carlo Borromeo</a> (1564–1584)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaspare_Visconti" title="Gaspare Visconti">Gaspare Visconti</a> (1584–1595)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federico_Borromeo" title="Federico Borromeo">Federico I Borromeo</a> (1595–1631)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Monti" title="Cesare Monti">Cesare Monti</a> (1632–1650)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Litta" title="Alfonso Litta">Alfonso Litta</a> (1652–1679)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federico_Visconti" title="Federico Visconti">Federico II Visconti</a> (1681–1693)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federico_Caccia" title="Federico Caccia">Federico III Caccia</a> (1693–1699)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Archinto" title="Giuseppe Archinto">Giuseppe Archinto</a> (1699–1712)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedetto_Erba_Odescalchi" title="Benedetto Erba Odescalchi">Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi</a> (1712–1737)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Gaetano_Stampa" title="Carlo Gaetano Stampa">Carlo Gaetano Stampa</a> (1737–1742)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Pozzobonelli" title="Giuseppe Pozzobonelli">Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli</a> (1743–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filippo_Maria_Visconti_(bishop)" title="Filippo Maria Visconti (bishop)">Filippo Maria Visconti</a> (1784–1801)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caprara" title="Giovanni Battista Caprara">Giovanni Battista Caprara</a> (1802–1810)</li> <li><i>sede vacante</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Gaetano_Gaisruck" title="Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck">Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck</a> (1818–1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartolomeo_Carlo_Romilli" title="Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli">Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli</a> (1847–1859)</li> <li><a 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