Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, specifically in the neighborhood of Flores. He was the eldest son of Italian immigrant parents, Mario Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori

. His father was an accountant originally from Piedmont, Italy, and his mother was born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian origin

. Pope Francis is notable for being the first pope from Latin America and the first from the Southern Hemisphere