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Leo XIV
American Augustinian priest and bishop in Peru, elected pope in May 2025, the first from the United States.
Biography
Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and studied mathematics before joining the Order of Saint Augustine. He was ordained a priest in 1982, earned a doctorate in canon law in Rome and spent many years as a missionary and teacher in Peru.
He led the Augustinian order worldwide as prior general from 2001 to 2013. Pope Francis made him bishop of Chiclayo in Peru in 2015, and he became a Peruvian citizen. In 2023 he was called to Rome to head the Dicastery for Bishops and was made a cardinal.
The conclave of May 2025 elected him pope after the death of Francis. He took the name Leo XIV and became the first pope from the United States and the first Augustinian pope.
Offices held
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Education
- Jan 1, 1973 – Jan 1, 1977 Villanova University BS in mathematics, 1977
- Catholic Theological Union Master of Divinity, 1982
- Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas JCL 1984, JCD (doctorate in canon law) 1987