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By choosing him for the role that was believed until now to be the custodian of Catholic orthodoxy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio wanted to take personal revenge against past pontificates. In fact, as archbishop of Buenos Aires and grand chancellor of the Universidad Católica Argentina, then-Cardinal Bergoglio did not hesitate to clash with the Curia that wanted to deny pontifical approval to the appointment of his right-hand man Fernández as rector.
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From rector of the Universidad Católica Argentina unwelcome in Rome during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, Víctor Manuel Fernández found himself climbing the ecclesiastical cursus honorum in a short time after the election of his mentor Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Two months after the historic March 13, 2013, Francis elevated him to archbishop without assigning him a diocesan post but keeping him at the helm of the university as never before.