Pope Francis Biography

Pope Francis Short Biography

Native name      Spanish: Francisco
Papacy began    13 March 2013
Predecessor       Benedict XVI
Orders
Ordination          13 December 1969
by Ramón José Castellano
Consecration     27 June 1992
by Antonio Quarracino
Created Cardinal              21 February 2001
by John Paul II
Personal details
Birth name          Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born      17 December 1936 (age 78)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residence           Domus Sanctae Marthae
Previous post    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)
Motto   Miserando atque Eligendo


Source:wikipedia

No comments:

Post a Comment