- Pope Francis
Pope Francis may be the first pope who belonged to the Society of Jesus, but he was not the first pope to belong to a religious order.
Forty of the men elected pope were also members of a religious community. The breakdown is:
- One was a Camaldolese Hermit of Mount Corona
- Two were Cistercians
- Two were Conventual Franciscans
- Four were Franciscans
- Four were Dominicans
- Four were Canons Regular
- Six were Augustinians
- Seventeen were Benedictines
- Little White Book, Diocese of Saginaw