Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai i Buenos Aires, Argentina, i mahi a Bergoglio mo tetahi wa hei kaitiaki me te kaitiaki i a ia e tamariki ana i mua i te whakangungu hei kaimatai me te mahi hei tohunga hangarau i roto i te taiwhanga putaiao kai. Whai muri i tana whakaoranga mai i te mate kino, i whakauruhia ia ki te whakauru ki te Hapori o Ihu (nga Jesuits) i te 1958. I whakatapua ia hei tohunga Katorika i te 1969, a mai i te 1973 ki te 1979 ko ia te rangatira o te Jesuit o Argentina. I noho ia hei Pihopa nui o Buenos Aires i te tau 1998 a i hangaia ia hei karaka i te tau 2001 e Pope John Paul II. I arahi ia i te Hahi o Argentina i te marama o Tihema 2001 i Argentina. Ko nga whakahaere a Néstor Kirchner me Cristina Fernández de Kirchner i whakaaro ko ia he hoa whawhai torangapu. Whai muri i te wehenga atu o Pope Benedict XVI i te 28 o Hui-tanguru 2013, he huihuinga papa
i kōwhiria a Bergoglio hei kaiwhaiwhai i a ia i te 13 o Maehe. I whiriwhiria e ia a Francis hei ingoa pāpa hei whakahonore i a Saint Francis o Assisi. I roto i tona ora tūmatanui, kua mohiotia Francis mo tona haehaa, te arotahi ki runga i te aroha o te Atua, te tirohanga ao rite pope, te āwangawanga mo te rawakore, me te tautohe ki te. E kiia ana ko ia he iti ake te huarahi ki te papa i tana hunga i mua atu, hei tauira ko te whiriwhiri ki te noho ki te whare manuhiri o Domus Sanctae Marthae kaua ki nga whare papa o te Apostolic Palace i whakamahia e nga papa o mua.