Cardinal electors for the 2013 papal conclave 67 were created cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI; 74 were bishops of local dioceses, while the remaining 41 worked in the service of the Holy See, such as in the Roman Curia. The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Walter Kasper, at the age of , while the youngest cardinal elector was Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, at the age of . Another 90 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age. The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on . On , after five ballots, they elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop
Jorge Fondebrider Jorge Fondebrider Jorge Fondebrider (Buenos Aires, 1956) is an Argentinian poet, critic and translator. His published poetry books are "Elegías" (1983), "Imperio de la Luna" (1987), "Standards" (1993), "Los últimos tres años" (2006) and "La extraña trayectoria de la luz. Poemas reunidos 1983-2013" (2016). Also he was translated into English ("The Spaces Between", an anthology translated by Richard Gwyn - Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Wales, U.K., Cinnamon Press, 2013) and into Swedish ("De Tre Senaste Aren", translated by Martin Uggla - Malmö, Sweden, Siesta Förlag, 2015). He also published "La Buenos Aires ajena (2000), a history of the city