Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This document is a copy of his baptismal certificate.
Francis was the son of Italian immigrants, Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco, pictured here on their wedding day.
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He’s pictured here, left, with one of his siblings. Pope Francis was the eldest of five children.
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A young Pope Francis; he attended Wilfrid Barón de los Santos Ángeles and then Escuela Técnica Industrial Nº 27 Hipólito Yrigoyen.
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In this undated collect photograph (courtesy of the Jesuit General Curia in Rome), a young Jorge Mario Bergoglio (fourth from left, third row) poses for a group picture at his primary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At age 21, he decided to join the Catholic Seminary in Villa Devoto, then he went to Colegio Máximo San José. Pictured here is the bedroom where Pope Francis lived while studying to become a priest.
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He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1969.
He’s pictured here with his parents. He was ordained by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano.
This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis (then Jorge Bergoglio) with his family. From left to right, standing: his brother Alberto Horacio, Jorge himself, brother Oscar Adrian and sister Marta Regina. Sitting: his sister Maria Elena, mother Regina and father Mario Jose Francisco.
According to his official Vatican biography, after he was ordained, “he was novice master at Villa Barilari, San Miguel; professor at the Faculty of Theology of San Miguel; consultor to the Province of the Society of Jesus and also Rector of the Colegio Máximo of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology.”
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Another family photograph, featuring the maternal family of Pope Francis. L to R, standing: his uncle Oscar Adrian Sivori, his mother Regina Maria Sivori, and aunt Catalina Ester Sivori de Picchi. Seated: his uncle Vicente Francisco Sivori, grandfather Francisco Sivori Sturla, grandmother Maria de Gogna Sivori, and uncle Juan Luis Sivori.
Pope Francis is at center in this photograph with his colleagues.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio (left) attends Mass with the Jesuit superior general Pedro Arrupe (right).
In 1992, he was appointed Bishop of Buenos Aires.
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In 2001, Pope John Paul II named Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a cardinal during a consistory in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Vatican.
At the time, he was one of ten new Cardinals named in Latin America.
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The original caption for this photograph reads: “Beroglio is an Argentinian intellectual Jesuit who is considered as a conservative on doctrinal and spiritual matters.”
Jorge Mario Bergoglio pictured at the the San Lorenzo Futbol Club, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Cardinal Bergoglio takes part in a holy mass in Buenos Aires following the death of Pope John Paul II.
Cardinal Bergoglio takes the subway as he heads to the celebration of the traditional Tedeum mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral.
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