Factbox-Pope Francis: Key moments from his life

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis releases a white dove prior to delivering a Holy Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

- Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian immigrant stock. He was ordained a priest in the Jesuit order in 1969. From 1973-79 he was the order's top leader in Argentina. He became an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires in 1992 and the city's archbishop in 1998. He was made a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.