If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was born and raised in Argentina of parents who were of Italian heritage.
He was a cardinal in the Roman Curia.
If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Popes are not appointed, they are elected and nearly all have been cardinals before becoming the pope.
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He was a cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
He was working in the office of John Paul the 11nd.
Before the Vatican became an independent country in 1929 the pope lived in the same place as today but it was part of Rome, Italy.
The first country he visited was Germany, his homeland.
He was the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican.
Yes he was a priest and later consecrated as a bishop and then elevated to cardinal.
He was the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1981 to 2005.
His title was Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and from 2002 until his election as pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals.