He was elected on April 19, 2005.
Pope Benedict was 78 years old when elected.
Pope Valentine (Valentinus) was the 100th pope and ruled for one month in the year 827.
Pope Benedict XVI was elected as the pope after Pope John Paul II passed away.
He was elected on April 19, 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI retired on February 28, 2013, and a new pope, Pope Francis, was elected two weeks later.
He was elected April 19, 2005.
Pope Benedict was elected and not appointed. He became pope on April 19th 2005.
He was elected as pope on April 19, 2005.
He was elected as pope on April 19, 2005.
He was elected in the year 2005.
New popes are elected soon after the reigning pope either dies or abdicates. There is no significance to the month of March except that Pope Benedict XVI resigned in February and a new pope needed to be elected.
He was born in the month of April.