Pope Francis Pope Francis Pope Francis (; ; ; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's provincial superior of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998
Raúl Martín (bishop) Jorge Eduardo Lozano, serving as co-consecrators. He was appointed bishop of Santa Rosa on September 24, 2013. Raúl Martín (bishop) Raúl Martín (October 9, 1957) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2006 until 2013, when he became bishop of Santa Rosa. Born in Buenos Aires, Martín was ordained to the priesthood on November 17, 1990. On March 1, 2006, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of "Troyna". Martín received his episcopal consecration on the following May 20 from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos