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VATICAN CITY (AP) \u2014 Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina Mar\u00eda S\u00edvori, the daughter of Italian immigrants. Dec. 13, 1969: Ordained a priest with the Jesuit religious order, which he would lead as Argentina provincial superior during the country\u2019s murderous dictatorship that began in the 1970s. May 20, 1992: Named auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and in 1998 succeeds Cardinal Antonio Quarracino as archbishop of the Argentine capital. Feb. 21, 2001: Elevated to cardinal by St. John Paul II. May 2007: Helps draft the final document of the fifth meeting of the… <\/p>\n

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VATICAN CITY (AP) \u2014 Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina Mar\u00eda S\u00edvori, the daughter of Italian immigrants. Dec. 13, 1969: Ordained a priest with the Jesuit religious order, which he would lead as Argentina provincial superior during the country\u2019s murderous dictatorship that began in the 1970s. May 20, 1992: Named auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and in 1998 succeeds Cardinal Antonio Quarracino as archbishop of the Argentine capital. Feb. 21, 2001: Elevated to cardinal by St. John Paul II. May 2007: Helps draft the final document of the fifth meeting of the... <\/p>\n

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