Argentine Cardinal Elected As New Pope, Named Pope Francis
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The New Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is from Argentina Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He is now Pope Francis I and become the first non European POPE.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ (born December 17, 1936) is an Argentine cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires since 1998.
He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, taking the papal name Francisco.
Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of an Italian railway worker and his wife.
After studying at the seminary in Villa Devoto, he entered the Society of Jesus on March 11, 1958. Bergoglio obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel, and then taught literature and psychology at the Colegio de la Inmaculada in Santa Fe, and the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires.
He was ordained to the priesthood on December 13, 1969, by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano.
He attended the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel, a seminary in San Miguel. Bergoglio attained the position of novice master there and became professor of theology.
Impressed with his leadership skills, the Society of Jesus promoted Bergoglio and he served as provincial for Argentina from 1973 to 1979.
He was transferred in 1980 to become the rector of the seminray in San Miguel where had had studied. He served in that capacity until 1986.
He completed his doctoral dissertation in Germany and returned to his homeland to serve as confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba.
He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. He was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, taking the papal name Francisco.
Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, one of the five children of an Italian railway worker and his wife.
After studying at the seminary in Villa Devoto, he entered the Society of Jesus on March 11, 1958. Bergoglio obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo San José in San Miguel, and then taught literature and psychology at the Colegio de la Inmaculada in Santa Fe, and the Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires.
He was ordained to the priesthood on December 13, 1969, by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano.
He attended the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel, a seminary in San Miguel. Bergoglio attained the position of novice master there and became professor of theology.
Impressed with his leadership skills, the Society of Jesus promoted Bergoglio and he served as provincial for Argentina from 1973 to 1979.
He was transferred in 1980 to become the rector of the seminray in San Miguel where had had studied. He served in that capacity until 1986.
He completed his doctoral dissertation in Germany and returned to his homeland to serve as confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba.
