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Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian immigrant parents. He was the eldest of five children in a deeply religious and hardworking family. Before joining the priesthood, young Jorge studied chemistry and even worked briefly as a chemical technician and nightclub bouncer.