

Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world as Pope Francis by French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran on 13 March 2013. While he is Argentinean by nationality, he is actually Italian by blood since his parents, Mario Jose Bergoglio and Regina Maria Sivori, were Italian immigrants [from Turin] to Argentina. His father was a railway worker while his mother was a housewife. (1)
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1908 |
April 2, 1908
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Turin, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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1936 |
December 17, 1936
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1938 |
January 30, 1938
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Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1940 |
August 24, 1940
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1942 |
July 17, 1942
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1959 |
1959
Age 50
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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