Giovanni Battista Re to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. He held these memberships until his 80th birthday. When Pope Benedict XVI resigned on 28 February 2013, both Cardinals Angelo Sodano, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, and Roger Etchegaray, the Sub-Dean, were over the age of 80 and therefore ineligible to participate in the conclave to elect his successor. Cardinal Re, the senior cardinal elector, presided over the conclave, which elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis. At the new pope's inauguration on 19 March 2013, Cardinal Re was one of the six cardinals who made a public
Mario Negri the helicopter got stuck and the pilot was unable to avoid the fall. Negri was traveling with his private assistant Pascual Scarpino, the News manager of Televisión Pública Argentina Jorge Neder, the pilot Máximo Rodríguez and the copilot Héctor Alberto Tessio. Scarpino, Rodríguez and Tessio died, while Negri suffered several injuries and 39 fractures, which forced him to remain in hospital for some months while being operated on a number of occasions. Neder was harmless. Mario Negri was chosen by "El Parlamentario" magazine as the most distinguished deputy of 2015 and 2017. He was chosen by other deputies, senators, journalists