The 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected as the new Pope, will be known as Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.
Birth name-Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Born-17 December 1936 (age 76)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality-Argentina
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-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 Faithful of the Eastern Rites (1998-2013) Argentina
Motto
-Miserando atque eligendo
("With mercy and choosing"
He is also the first non-European pope to lead the church in over 1,200 years, and the first member of the Jesuit order. He was the first pope to assume the name of St. Francis of Assisi, respected by Catholics for his work with the poor, who served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires. St. Francis is seen as a church reformer, responding to God's call to "repair my church in ruins."
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