Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected pope on May 8, becoming Pope Leo XIV.
The Chicago-born prelate is the first American to be raised to the highest position in the Catholic Church.
He began his pastoral career as an Augustinian missionary in 1985 and served communities in South America for more than a decade, working in the Peruvian cities of Chulucanas and Trujillo.
He was ordained bishop in 2014 and appointed to the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2015.
He was appointed prefect of the Dicastery of Bishops—the Vatican office that assigns bishops around the world—by Pope Francis in January 2023. He was made a cardinal in September 2023….