How old is pope francis

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (Latin: Franciscus, Italian: Francesco, Spanish: Francisco; born on 17 December 1936) is the 266th^[2][3] and current pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 13 March 2013. He chose the name Francis to honor St. Francis of Assisi.^[4][5][6][7]

Francis is the first Jesuit pope.^[6] He is also the first pope in more than a millennium who is not European.^[8] He is the first pope ever to come from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.^[9]

From 1998 until he was elected as the pope, Francis was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Throughout his life, both as an individual and a religious leader, he has been known for his humility, his concern for the poor, and his commitment to dialogue as a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths.^[10][11][12] Who is the pope!