As far as i know, the only Franciscan Pope was Pope Nicholas.
Pope Nicholas IV was a Franciscan friar.
Pope Innocent gave official sanction to the Franciscan and Dominican orders.
John Paul II was a secular (diocesan) priest and not a member of a religious order.
This is the uniquely Franciscan term for a parsonage, priestly housing, rectory etc. as used by the Franciscan Friars ( a corruption of Frater- Brother) This term is only used by the Franciscan order. They had one in Hoboken on Monroe street, attached to the Saint Joseph Parish.
No, Pius XII was not a Dominican tertiary. He was a Franciscan tertiary (a member of the Secular Franciscan Order) as were his parents, siblings, and many of his relatives. All of the popes from Pius IX to, and including, John XXIII were Secular Franciscans.
A Franciscan seminary is a school for training priests run by Franciscan priests.
Pope Adrian IV, aka Nicholas Breakspear, is the only pope from England.
Nicholas Breakspear, born in England, became Pope Adrian IV, the only pope from that country.
yes, only the pope can appoint a cardinal.
Pope Adrian IV, born Nicholas Breakspear.Pope Adrian IV was the only pope from Britain.
There is only one pope and that is Pope Francis in the Vatican. Each country does not have its own pope.
There is no pope of Spain, only the pope who resides in the Vatican who is the pope of ALL countries.