Ku dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Bergoglio wuxuu ku dhashay magaalada Buenos Aires ee dalka Argentina, wuxuuna in mudo ah ka shaqaynayay bouncing iyo in uu ka shaqayn jiray in uu ilaaliyo guriga inta uusan u tababarin farmashiyaha ka dibna uu ka shaqayn jiray farsamo yaqaan shaybaarka cilmiga cuntada. Ka dib markii uu ka bogsaday xanuun daran, waxaa lagu dhiirigeliyay inuu ku biiro Society of Jesus (Jesuits) sanadkii 1958. Waxaa loo caleemo saaray wadaad Katoolik ah sanadkii 1969, iyo laga soo bilaabo 1973 ilaa 1979 wuxuu ahaa hoggaamiyaha gobolka Jesuit ee Argentina. Wuxuu noqday hoggaamiyaha kiniisadda Buenos Aires sanadkii 1998 waxaana loo magacaabay kardinal sanadkii 2001 Pope John Paul II. Wuxuu hoggaamiyay Kaniisadda Argentine intii lagu jiray rabshadihii bishii Diseembar 2001 ee Argentina. Maamullada Néstor Kirchner iyo Cristina Fernández de Kirchner waxay u tixgeliyeen inuu yahay tartan siyaasadeed. Kadib markii uu is casilay Pope Benedict XVI 28 Febraayo 2013,
13kii Maarso waxaa Bergoglio loo doortay in uu bedelo. Wuxuu u doortay Francis inuu noqdo magaciisa baadari ee sharafta leh ee Saint Francis of Assisi. Intii uu ku jiray noloshiisa dadweynaha, Francis waxaa lagu yaqaanay hoosaysiintiisa, xoogga saarista naxariista Eebbe, muuqaalka caalamiga ah ee baadari ahaan, daryeelka saboolka iyo u heellan. Waxaa loo tixgeliyaa inuu si rasmi ah ugu dhowaaday papal-ka marka loo eego kuwii ka horreeyay, tusaale ahaan doorashada inuu ku noolaado guriga martida ee Domus Sanctae Marthae halkii uu ku noolaan lahaa guryaha baadari ee Aqalka Rasuullada ee ay adeegsadeen popes-kii ka horreeyay.