Pope Pius VI , Order of Saint Benedict, reigned March 14, 1800, to August 20, 1823.
Francis is a member of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits.
No, Benedict was a secular priest and not a member of a religious order.
The Jesuits are a Catholic order of priests and other religious people. Pope Francis is a member of the Jesuit order. No other Jesuit has ever been pope, so he is the first Jesuit pope.
John Paul II was a secular (diocesan) priest and not a member of a religious order.
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Pope Francis is a member of the Jesuit order (The Society of Jesus). This is what it means when a priest has S.J. written after his name.
Pope Francis is the first member of the Jesuit order to be elected as pope, the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first pope from the Americas.
Pope Francis is a member of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits. He is the first Jesuit to be elected as pope.
The 50th pope of the Catholic Church was Pope Alexander IV, who served from 1254 to 1261. He was a member of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) and played a role in the resolution of disputes between different religious orders.
Pope Francis is a member of the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits. He is the first Jesuit to be elected as pope.
He joined the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits.