There is no minimum nor maximum age to be elected as pope.
He served for 26 years as the pope.
He served as pope for 33 days in 1978.
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Benedict XV served as pope for 7 years and 141 days.
Pope Benedict was 78 years old when elected.
Pope Paul VI served from June 21, 1963, until August 6, 1978.
The pope has the authority as a bishop to ordain deacons but deacons are usually ordained by their local bishops in the dioceses in which they will serve and not by the pope.
Pope Benedict was 78 when he was elected Pope. Pope Francis was 76 years old and Pope John Paul II was just 58.
Cardinals advise the pope and some are assigned to work in specific positions in the Vatican.
He served as pope from July 30, 657, until January 27, 672.
Pope Francis was 76 years old when he was elected as pope on March 13, 2013.
The cardinals frequently select one of the older and more experienced members of the college to be pope. However, when Pope John Paul II was elected he was only 58 years old. Sometimes, if they are having problems choosing a pope, they might compromise and choose an 'interim' pope, one of their oldest members who will probably serve only a short time hoping that one or two popular leaders emerge during the interim pope's reign.