Michele Pellegrino (25 April 1903 – 10 October 1986) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Turin from 1965 until 1977.

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His Eminence Michele Pellegrino
Archbishop Emeritus of Turin
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Turin
See	Turin
Appointed	18 September 1965
Installed	21 November 1965
Term ended	1 August 1977
Predecessor	Maurilio Fossati
Successor	Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù pro hac vice (1967-86)
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1925 by Quirico Travaini
Consecration	17 October 1965 by Giovanni Francesco Dadone
Created cardinal	26 June 1967 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Michele Pellegrino 25 April 1903 Roata Chiusani, Centallo, Kingdom of Italy
Died	10 October 1986(1986-10-10) (aged 83) Cottolengo Hospital, Turin, Italy
Parents	Giuseppe Pellegrino Angela Ristorti
Alma mater	University of the Sacred Heart, Milan
Motto	Evangelizare pauperibus
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Styles of Michele Pellegrino
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Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Turin

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Pellegrino was born in Centallo near Fossano. 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.

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.

He was created Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Nome di Gesù by Pope Paul on 26 June 1967. He resigned the government of the archdiocese in 1977. 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 plot in the parish church of Roata Chiusani.