Original: April 9 & ndash ; Following the death of Pope Gregory XI and riots in Rome calling for a Roman pope , the cardinals , who are mostly French , elect Pope Urban VI ( Bartolomeo Prignano , Archbishop of Bari ) as the 202nd Pope .
Simplified: Due to riots in Rome calling for a Roman pope , the cardinals , who were mostly French , elect Pope Urban VI ( Bartolomeo Prignano , Archbishop of Bari ) as the 202nd Pope .