Pope Francis
Born: 17 December 1936
Ordained Priest: 13 December 1969
Consecrated Bishop: 27 June 1992
Created Cardinal: 21 February 2001
Pope, Bishop of Rome, Successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ: 13 March 2013
Died: 21 April 2025
The Holy See has announced the death of Pope Francis at 0735 (Rome Time, 21 April 2025) at the Casa Santa Marta in Rome.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that by Thy command the soul of Thy servant Francis, Thy supreme Pontiff, may be counted in the company of the righteous in everlasting bliss. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Prosit, quǽsumus, Dómine, ánimæ fámuli tui Francisci. Summi Pontificis misericórdiæ tuæ imploráta cleméntia : ut ejus, in quo sperávit et crédidit, ætérnum cápiat, te miseránte, consórtium. Per Dóminum Nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum.