Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday aged 88: - December 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires to an accountant and a housewife from an Italian emigrant family. - September 21, 1953: Receives his calling to become a priest.
He later described being moved to go to church while heading to a school event, a day that "changed my life". - 1957: Undergoes an operation to remove part of his lung. - March 11, 1958: After studying chemical engineering at university, he joins the Jesuit order as a novice. - December 13, 1969: Ordained as a priest.
On July 31, 1973, he becomes leader of Argentina's Jesuits, a position he holds for six years. - 1980: Amid tensions in the Jesuit order, returns to work as parish priest and rector at a college in San Miguel, near the capital.
In 1986 he goes to Germany and later, Argentina's second city Cordoba.
