Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio, from Argentina
ANGALIA HISTORIA FUPI YA PAPA MPYA
Francis I (Latin: Franciscus; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; December 17,
1936) is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, elected
on March 13, 2013.[1] He
chose his regnal name in honor of the co-founder of the Society of Jesus Francis Xavier. [2] He
is the first Pope born in the Americas.
Prior to his election,
he served as Archbishop
of Buenos Aires, since 1998, and as a cardinal, since
2001.
Jorge Bergoglio was born
in Buenos
Aires, one of the five children of an Italian railway worker and his
wife[3].
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 wasordained 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
seminary in San Miguel where he 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.
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