What is Pope Francis?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Pope | honorific-prefix = His Holiness Pope | name = Francis | title = [[Bishop of Rome]] | image = Franciscus, 2023 (cropped).jpg | caption = Pope Francis in 2023 | term_start = 13 March 2013 | term_end = <!--Update the [[Current pope]] redirect and the {{Incumbent pope}} and {{Incumbent pope 2}} templates if changing this--> | predecessor = [[Benedict XVI]] | successor = <!--Update the [[Current pope]] redirect and the {{Incumbent pope}} and {{Incumbent pope 2}} templates if changing this--> | see = [[Holy See]] | diocese = [[Diocese of Rome|Rome]] | ordination = 13 December 1969 | ordained_by = [[Ramón José Castellano]] | consecration = 27 June 1992 | consecrated_by = [[Antonio Quarracino]] | cardinal = 21 February 2001 | created_cardinal_by = [[John Paul II]] | birth_name = Jorge Mario Bergoglio | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|12|17}} | birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina | nationality = [[Argentines|Argentine]] (with Vatican citizenship) | religion = [[Catholic Church]] | residence = [[Domus Sanctae Marthae]] | parents = Mario José Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori | previous_post = [[Provincial superior]] of the [[Society of Jesus]] in Argentina (1973–1979)<br />[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires|Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires]] (1992–1997)<br />Titular Bishop of [[Auca (titular diocese)|Auca]] (1992–1997)<br />[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires|Archbishop of Buenos Aires]] (1998–2013)<br />Cardinal Priest of [[San Roberto Bellarmino (church)|San Roberto Bellarmino]] (2001–2013)<br />[[Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite|Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina]] (1998–2013)<br />President of the [[Argentine Episcopal Conference]] (2005–2011) | signature = FirmaPapaFrancisco.svg | coat_of_arms = Insigne Francisci.svg | motto = {{lang|la|Miserando atque eligendo}}{{efn|Press reports have provided a variety of translations for the phrase. According to [