The 266th Agentinan Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected at 18:07hrs on the 13th March, 2013 (local time) and this was announced to the world by plumes of white smoke raising from the Vatican and with the peeling of St. Peter's bell. He will be known as Pope Francis
Pope Francis- Taken from St. Francis of Assisi. Pope Francis has taken over after Pope Benedict the XVI. His birth name isJorge Mario Bergoglio.He was elected Pope on March 13th 2013
Pope Francis, elected on March 13, 2013.
Popes are not elected on a yearly basis. Once elected, they remain as pope until they die or resign. The current pope, elected on March 13, 2013, is Pope Francis.
The current (2014) pope, elected in 2013 is Pope Francis.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis on March 3, 2013.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the current (2014) Pope Francis, elected on March 13, 2013.
If you mean who will be the final pope, we have absolutely no idea. Pope Francis could be the last or there could be hundreds of popes after him. Only God the Father knows and he's not talking.
Because that was the name he chose when he was elected as pope.
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Pope Benedict XVI was pope from 2005 until February 28, 2013, when he retired.
A new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th Pontiff at 18:07hrs on the 13th March, 2013 (local time) and this was announced to the world by plumes of white smoke rising from the Vatican and with the peeling of St. Peter's bell. He will be known as Pope Francis. Aged 76 and from Italian lineage.
The current pope (2013) is Pope Francis.