Biography of the Holy Father Leo XIV
The Holy See’s official life of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955: his years as an Augustinian friar, missionary and bishop in Peru and prefect in Rome, and his election on 8 May 2025.
The biography is set out under headings: his family and studies, “Missionary Ministry in Peru”, “Episcopal Ministry”, “Service in the Roman Curia” and “Election to the Apostolic See”. It gives exact dates for his profession in the Order of Saint Augustine, his ordination in 1982, his two terms as prior general of the order from 2001, his appointment to the diocese of Chiclayo in 2014, his naturalisation as a Peruvian citizen in 2015, his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023 and his election.
It is an official record, and it is the document on which this wiki rests for the statements that Leo XIV is the 267th successor of Peter, the first pope from the United States of America and the first Augustinian pope. See Leo XIV, the First Pope from the United States.
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- 8 May 2025, firm date