Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, greeted worshippers after celebrating Holy Thursday Mass in 2008 at a church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNS photo/Enrique Garcia Medina, Reuters)
A Pope’s Jesuit Life
1958: At age 21, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis)
enters the Society of Jesus.
1960: Bergoglio pronounces his first vows as a Jesuit.
1969: After the typical decade-long period of Jesuit
formation, Bergoglio is ordained a priest.
1973: He takes his final vows as a Jesuit, in April of
that year. Three months later, he is named provincial (top leader) of the
Society of Jesus in Argentina.
1992: He is ordained auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires.
1998: Bergoglio is appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires,
the first Jesuit to hold that position.
2001: Pope John Paul II makes him a cardinal.
2013: Bergoglio becomes the first Jesuit ever elected
pope. He takes the name “Francis.”
Source: Elisabetta Piqué, Francis:
Life and Revolution (Loyola Press, Chicago).
The pope's signature on his final vows. (Michael Rogers, SJ)
July 17 - Young people of the Antilles recieved a message from Pope Francis on Sunday, as they gather for the 6th Antilles Episcopal Conference Youth Assembly.
June 28, 2018 - Pope Francis will create 14 new cardinal from 11 countries during the Ordinary Public Consistory in Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica Thursday evening, June 28.
June 20, 2018 - Pope Francis speaks out on behalf of migrant families and mothers separated from their children at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world’s immigration problem.
June 14, 2018 - Rep. Juan Vargas read a letter on the U.S. House Floor by Jesuit West Provincial Fr. Scott Santarosa, SJ, calling for support for the peaceful negotiation of a solution to the crisis in Nicaragua and for respect for the physical safety of all Nicaraguans.
June 13, 2018 - Jesuits West is grateful to the William H. Hannon Foundation for being the first Foundation in Los Angeles to join the Provincial Circle with their gift of $400,000.
June 11, 2018 - Bishop of San Diego, Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy ordained on Saturday, June 9, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in San Ysidro, California, four Jesuit Priests: Fr. JT Tanner, SJ , Fr. Elías Puentes, SJ, Fr. Alejandro Báez-González, SJ, and Fr. Thomas Flowers, SJ.
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