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It is Cardinal Robert F. Prevost who has been serving as the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Vatican, Rome | VATICAN NEWS | The 133 Cardinal electors gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected a new Pope. Pope Leo XIV, 69 years old, has just appeared at the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica. He is the first Pope born in the United States and first North American Pope.
Born and raised in Chicago, Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1981.
The first-ever American pope, Prevost served most recently as the head of the Church’s Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
I announce to you a great joy;
we have a Pope:
The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord,
Lord Robert Francis
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Prevost
who has taken the name Leo XIV.Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti announces that the Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert… pic.twitter.com/u3lDDlk1L4
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 8, 2025
Pope Leo XIV greets the world for the first time to grant his Urbi et Orbi blessing. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Successor of Peter by the 133 Cardinal electors on Thursday, May 8. pic.twitter.com/Xzusx6gLoe
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) May 8, 2025
The 266th successor of Saint Peter, Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/RMGlZeZqri
— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) May 8, 2025
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Source: @VaticanNews
