Bergoglio akasarudzwa papa musi wa 13 March 2013, zuva rechipiri re 2013 papal conclave
, achitora zita raPapa rokuti Francis. Francis akasarudzwa musarudzo yechishanu yeconclave. Chiziviso che"Habemus papam" chakapiwa naKardinal protodeacon, Jean-Louis Tauran. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn akazotaura kuti Bergoglio akasarudzwa zvichitevera zviratidzo zviviri zvinoshamisa, chimwe chiri muconclave uye nokudaro chakavanzika, uye vaviri veLatin-America shamwari dzaSchönborn vakazevezera zita raBergoglio munzeve yaSchönborn; Schönborn akataura kuti "kana vanhu ava vakati Bergoglio, icho chiratidzo cheMweya Mutsvene".