Pope Francis

Pope Francis is the Pope and head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century papacy of the Syrian Pope Gregory III.

17 December 1936

Born on the same birth date (17 December 1936): Tommy Steele

Born on the same birth day (17 December): Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan • Brian Hayes (broadcaster) • Dominic Lawson • Graham Rogers (actor) • Kåre Valebrokk • Liisa Ehrberg • Sean Patrick Thomas • Takeo Spikes • Émile Faguet

Born in the same month (December 1936): Aga Khan IV • Alan Coleman • Howard Smith (director) • Ivan Lawrence • Joe D'Amato • Lawrence Schiller • Malcolm Kirk • Peep Jänes • Phil Sharpe (cricketer) • Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy • Ray Nitschke • Taku Yamasaki