Poli named Buenos Aires Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Mario Aurelio Poli was named Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The archdiocese had been vacant since then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. was elected Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome.

Archbishop-designate Poli had been serving as Bishop of Santa Rosa.

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Ouellet

Today Pope Francis had an audience with Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

This may be an indication that the normal process of selecting bishops around the world is beginning to resume.

However, I note that Pope Francis has been meeting with many of the leaders of various curial diacastries in the last week - so this could also just be a general meeting where the Pope is expressing what he needs from this office and the Prefect can explain what is currently in the works.

A clearer sign of the resumption will be the return of the weekly or fortnightly audiences.

Curia Restoration

The Holy Father announced his wish that all of the heads of the curia offices suspended by Sede Vacante should continue, temporarily, in their respective positions donec aliter provideatur (until otherwise provided).

See a Structured View of the curial offices.

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.) Biography

Pope Francis

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.

Pope (Roma {Rome})

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Dec 1936	76.2	Born	Buenos Aires
13 Dec 1969	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
20 May 1992	55.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 May 1992	55.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Auca
27 Jun 1992	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Auca
3 Jun 1997	60.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 Feb 1998	61.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 Nov 1998	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
21 Feb 2001	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	64.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino
13 Mar 2013	76.2	Elected	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
19 Mar 2013	76.3	Installed	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal Conclave - 2005: Participated Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop Conclave - 2013: Participated; Elected Pope

Please contact the Pope through the Diocese of Roma {Rome}. a priest for 43.25 years a bishop for 20.71 years a cardinal for 12.1 years (Elected Pope) a pope for 0.00 years

Ordained Priest by: Archbishop Ramón José Castellano † Titular Archbishop of Iomnium Principal Consecrator: Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † Archbishop of Buenos Aires Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich † Bishop of Mercedes-Luján Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi † Titular Archbishop of Fundi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962) Archbishop of Buenos Aires Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935) Bishop of Mercedes Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935) Archbishop of Paraná Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921) Titular Archbishop of Siraces Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872) Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851) Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767) Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul (1999) Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. (1999) Bishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2000) Bishop Joaquín Mariano Sucunza (2000) Bishop José Antonio Gentico † (2001) Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti (2001) Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (2001) Bishop Mario Aurelio Poli (2002) Bishop Eduardo Horacio García (2003) Bishop Adolfo Armando Uriona, F.D.P. (2004) Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig (2004) Bishop Raúl Martín (2006) Bishop Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. (2006) Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana (2006) Bishop Hugo Nicolás Barbaro (2008) Bishop Enrique Eguía Seguí (2008) Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (2008) Bishop Luis Alberto Fernández (2009) Bishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (2010) Archbishop Alfredo Horacio Zecca (2011) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Oscar Domingo Sarlinga (2003) Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor (2008)

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.)

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.) was elected by the Conclave of 2013.

He had been serving as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Black Smoke

The Conclave continues...

Conclave begins on Tuesday 12 March 2013

The Conclave to elect a successor to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will begin the afternoon of Tuesday 12 March 2013.

More information on the participants can be found here.