Pope Francis
His Holiness
Pope Francis
Francis, also called Francis I, original name Jorge Mario Bergoglio, (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina), the bishop of Rome and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church (2013– ). He was the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order.
Diocese : Rome
See : Holy See
Papacy began : 13 March 2013
Predecessor : Benedict XVI
Ordination : 13 December 1969 / by Ramón José Castellano
Consecration : 27 June 1992 / by Antonio Quarracino
Created cardinal : 21 February 2001 by John Paul II
Pope Francis
The society of St. Francis de Sales or Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), is a religious Congregation founded by St. John Bosco in 1859 in Turin, Italy for the purpose of helping, educating and training poor boys. To date, services of the Salesians have spread to 131 countries in the world. In Sri Lanka, the very first Don Bosco Centre was established in 1956 at Negombo. The Salesians of Don Bosco have, to date established 18 centres in different parts of the country.
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