Profile Of Pope Francis

Birth name : Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Birth Place : Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of Birth : 17 December 1936
Age : 77
Residence : Domus Sanctae Marthae
Nationality : Argentine with Vatican citizenship
Ordination : 13 December 1969
by Ramón José Castellano
Consecration : 27 June 1992
by Antonio Quarracino
Created Cardinal : 21 February 2001
by John Paul II

Papacy began : 13 March 2013
Predecessor : Benedict XVI

Previous posts : Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in Argentina (1973–1979)
Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1997)
Titular Bishop of Auca (1992–1997)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998–2013)
Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013)
Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (1998–2013)
President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (2005–2011)