Please specify the name of the pope you are referring to in your question.
He entered the seminary in November of 1945 and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1951.
A person does not study to become a bishop. They study to become a priest and then work for many years as a priest. If their is a vacancy for a bishop the pope may appoint the person to be a bishop, which Pope Celestine did before he sent Patrick back to be a missionary in Ireland about the year 433.
Pope Cardinal Archbishop Bishop Priest Deacon
He was ordained a priest on December 13, 1969.
A priest could only become pope if he is elected by the cardinals in conclave.
A pope will always be a priest. He does not lose that title simply because he has been elected as pope. He continues to function as any other priest, saying Mass, hearing confessions, and other normal priestly duties.The pope never ceases to be a priest.
Pope Saint Pius X was ordained a priest on September 18, 1858.
Yes he was a priest and later consecrated as a bishop and then elevated to cardinal.
Yes he is.
No, Baptists do not have a pope.
Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) was ordained a priest on June 29, 1951.
The pope has a personal confessor, usually a priest.