Happy 85th Birthday, Pope Francis! Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Argentina. He had a number of careers before joining the priesthood; bouncer, janitor and chemist before being struck by the loving presence of God and ordained a priest in 1969, taking his final vows in the Jesuit order. He became Pope Francis in 2013, the 266th in line since St Peter. He was also the first Pope from the Americas and took his papal title after St. Francis of Assisi of Italy. May the Lord pr