Pope John XXIII, Antonio Cardinal Roncalli, was elected to the papacy following Pope Pius XII.
Pope Francis became a Cardinal in the year 2001
He was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pope Francis was elevated to cardinal on February 21, 2001, by Pope John Paul II.
AnswerPope John Paul never wanted to be a Pope but when the people voted for him he accepted. :)
Yes, he was a cardinal before elected as pope.
If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, before being elected as pope.
He became pope because the College of Cardinals elected him as pope. It is said that Cardinal Ratzinger had been a close confident of Pope John Paul II and his personal choice to succeed him as pope.Pope Benedict was made pope, the successor of Saint Peter, just like every other pope is made pope. He was a Roman Catholic Cardinal elected by a congregation of Cardinals.
He was elevated to cardinal on February 21, 2001, by Pope John Paul II.
John Paul II was elevated to cardinal by Pope Paul VI in Rome on June 26, 1967.
He was elected in a conclave by the cardinal electors.
As Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Pope John XXIII was the Patriarch of Venice.