Pope Leo XIV
2025-
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome. Photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue ~ 8 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome. Photo credit: Vatican Media ~ 8 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome
Pope Leo XIV appears on the loggia in St. Peter's Basilica after his election as the 267th pope and bishop of Rome. Photo credit: WCC/Vatican Media ~ 8 May 2025

Series: Pope, Bishop of Rome , Pius IX (1846-1878), Leo XIII (1878-1903), Pius XII (1939-1958), Paul VI (1963-1978), John Paul II (1978-2005), Benedict XVI (2005-2013), Francis (2013-2025), Leo XIV (2025-)

Robert Francis Prevost, born 14 Sept. 1955 in Chicago, Illinois

Education:
1977, BSc in Mathematics and Philosophy from Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
1 Sept. 1977, entered novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) in St. Louis, Missouri
2 Sept. 1978, 1st profession
29 Aug. 1981, solemn vows
1982, MDiv, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
1982–1987, studied Canon Law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
Ordained priest 19 June 1982 in Rome at Augustinian College of Saint Monica by Archbishop Jean Jadot
1984, licentiate in canon law
1987, doctoral dissertation “The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine”
2014, honorary Doctor of Humanities, Villanova University

Offices and ministries:
1985–1986, Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, Piura, Peru
1987, vocation director and missions director of the Augustinian Province of “Mother of Good Counsel” in Olympia Fields, Illinois (USA)
1988, Trujillo, Peru, as director of the joint formation project for Augustinian candidates from the vicariates of Chulucanas, Iquitos, and Apurímac
1988–1992, prior of the community in Trujillo
1988–1998, formation director
1992–1998, instructor for professed members
1989–1998, judicial vicar, Archdiocese of Trujillo
1989–1998, professor of Canon Law, Patristics, and Moral Theology at the Major Seminary “San Carlos y San Marcelo.”
1988–1999, pastoral care of Our Lady Mother of the Church, later established as the parish of Saint Rita, in a poor suburb of Trujillo
1992–1999, parish administrator of Our Lady of Monserrat, Trujillo
1999–2001, Provincial Prior of the Augustinian Province of “Mother of Good Counsel” in Chicago
2001–2013, Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, Rome
2013–2014, director of formation, first councilor, and provincial vicar, Augustinian Province of “Mother of Good Counsel” in Chicago
3 Nov. 2014, named Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru and titular bishop of Sufar
12 Dec. 2014, ordained bishop by Apostolic Nuncio James Patrick Green
26 Sept. 2015, bishop of Chiclayo
2018, second vice–president, Peruvian Episcopal Conference
2018, member, Economic Council (Peruvian Episcopal Conference)
2018, president, Commission for Culture and Education (Peruvian Episcopal Conference)
2019, member, Congregation for the Clergy
2020, member, Congregation for Bishops
2020, Apostolic Administrator, Diocese of Callao, Peru
30 Jan. 2023, Prefect, Dicastery for Bishops
30 Jan. 2023, President, Pontifical Commission for Latin America
30 Jan. 2023, promotion to Archbishop
30 Sept. 2023, created cardinal deacon of Saint Monica
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches)
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for the Clergy
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for Culture and Education
4 Oct. 2023, member, Dicastery for Legislative Texts
4 Oct. 2023, member, Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State
6 Feb. 2025, promoted to cardinal bishop
8 May 2025, elected pope on 4th ballot, takes papal name Leo XIV
18 May 2025, Inaugural Mass

Synods:
2023 & 2024, 16th Ordinary General Assembly, Synod of Bishops on synodality

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