'Pray for me,' 76-year-old Argentinian Jorge Bergoglio asks the world as he is announced as 266th pontiff... to be named Francis I

The new Pope has been unveiled as Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, who will take the name Pope Francis I.

The 76-year-old was welcomed by tens of thousands of overjoyed Catholics in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City after his election was revealed when white symbolic smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.

Pope Francis becomes the first South American Pontiff and the first Jesuit to lead the Catholic Church.

His South American origin - also making him the first non-European Pope - is a significant move for the Church, taking the Papacy to a continent in which 42 per cent of the world's Catholics live amid a plethora of recent scandals affecting the Vatican.

Known as an avid reformer, he becomes the third non-Italian Pope in a row, having being born and spent his life in the Argentinian capital.

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Looking out: Newly elected Pope Francis I appeared on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City before tens of thousands of excited Catholics

A first: The 76-year-old, unveiled as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, becomes both the first South American and Jesuit Pope

Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Pope Francis greeting hi predecessor Pope Benedict XVI

Talented: Pope Francis I, the first pontiff to have chosen that papal title, speaks German, Italian and Spanish. He is pictured right meeting his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI

He began his address to the crowd with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'. He then asked for prayers for his living predecessor.

Joker: He began his address to the crowd with a joke, saying that his brother cardinals had gathered to pick a bishop of Rome 'and they have chosen one from far away but here I am'

Joined in prayer: Dressed in white robes with an elaborate stole, he asked the crowds to pray for his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI

Jubilation: The conclave was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned last month for health reasons

Celebrations: Faithful react as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel

Celebrations: Catholics react as white smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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