Pope Francis Bergoglio

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, elected on 13 March 2013. He is the head of the church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

He was ordained priest in 1969 and in 1998 became an Archbishop of Buenos Aires and in 2001 he became a Cardinal.

Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, on 28th February 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Fransiscus in honor of Saint Francis of Asisi.



He is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from Southern Hemisphere. Francis is the first pope born outside Europe in 1,282 years, since Assyrian St. Gregory III.

Pope Francis speaks Spanish, Latin, Italian, German, French and English.

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Birth name: Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born: 17 December 1936

Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality: Argentine
Previous posts:

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992-1997)
Titular Bishop of Auca (1992- 1997)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998- 2013)
Cardinal Priest of St. Roberto Bellarmino (2001- 2013)
Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (1998- 2013)
Papacy began: 13 March 2013
Predecessor: Benedict XVI
Ordination: 13 December 1969 by Ramon Jose Castellano
Created Cardinal: 21 February 2001
Motto: Miserando atque eligendo (With mercy and favor)

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