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Pope Leo XIV

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Pope Leo XIV[a] (born Robert Francis Prevost;[b] September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected pope in the 2025 conclave on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis.

Pope

Leo XIV
Bishop of Rome
Leo XIV in 2025
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy beganMay 8, 2025
PredecessorFrancis
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationJune 19, 1982
by Jean Jadot
ConsecrationDecember 12, 2014
by James Green
Created cardinalSeptember 30, 2023
by Francis
Rank
Personal details
Born
Robert Francis Prevost

(1955-09-14) September 14, 1955 (age 69)
Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality
Parents
  • Louis Marius Prevost (father)
  • Mildred Martinez (mother)
Profession
  • Teacher
  • theologian
  • clergy
  • canon lawyer
Education
MottoIn illo uno unum
(Latin for 'In the one [Christ we are] one')
SignatureLeo XIV's signature
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJean Jadot
DateJune 19, 1982
PlaceSt Monica's College, Rome
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJames Green
Co-consecrators
DateDecember 12, 2014
PlaceSt. Mary's Cathedral, Chiclayo
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
DateSeptember 30, 2023
Other popes named Leo
Papal styles of
Pope Leo XIV
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father

Born in Chicago, Prevost became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine as a young man and was ordained priest in 1982. His service has included extensive missionary work in Peru from 1985 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1998, where he variously served as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher, and administrator. Elected prior general of the Order of Saint Augustine from 2001 to 2013, he later returned to Peru as Bishop of Chiclayo (2015–2023). In 2023, Pope Francis appointed him prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and made him a cardinal the same year.

A dual citizen of the United States and Peru, Leo is the first pope born in the United States and the first to hold either US or Peruvian citizenship. He is also the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine.[c]

His choice of papal name is inspired by Pope Leo XIII who tackled the revolutionary change of the late 19th century, since Leo XIV sees the present moment as a time of revolutionary cultural shifts due to artificial intelligence and robotics.[4]

Early life and education

 
The childhood home of Prevost in Dolton, Illinois

Family background

Robert Francis Prevost was born on September 14, 1955, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.[5][6][7] His mother, Mildred (née Martínez) Prevost, a native of the 7th Ward of New Orleans, graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's degree in library science in 1947,[8][9] while his father, Louis Marius Prevost, was a United States Navy veteran of World War II—first by commanding an infantry landing craft in the Normandy landings and later participating in Operation Dragoon in southern France—and later became superintendent of Brookwood School District 167 in Glenwood, Illinois.[10][11][12] Prevost has two older brothers, Louis and John.[5] Prevost's paternal grandparents were Jean Lanti Prevost, an Italian man of French and Italian descent from Settimo Rottaro, near Turin,[13][14][15] and Suzanne Fontaine, a French woman from Le Havre.[16][17] Prevost's mother, Mildred, was a Colored Creole whose parents were a Hispaniola-born mixed-race father, Joseph Martínez, and the New Orleans-born Louise Baquiet (also rendered Baquiex), who was also mixed-race.[5][18][19]

Early life

Known as "Rob" or "Bob" in childhood and to friends,[5][20][21] he was raised in Dolton, Illinois, a suburb bordering Chicago's far South Side, and grew up in the parish of St. Mary of the Assumption, where he went to school, sang in the choir, and served as an altar boy.[5][22][d] As a young child, Prevost liked to act out Mass with his brothers, and his family expected him to become a priest.[e] As a high-schooler, he loved driving recreationally.[f]

Prevost left to receive his secondary education at St. Augustine Seminary High School, a minor seminary in Holland, Michigan, in 1973;[26] his brother John recalled that from the end of eighth grade on (and especially after joining the Order of Saint Augustine) until their later adulthood (when leave allowed them to reconnect), Prevost was not much at home or with his family.[g] In his time at the Augustinian seminary, Prevost earned a Letter of Commendation for academic excellence, consistently appeared on the honor roll, and served as yearbook editor-in-chief, secretary of the student council, and a member of the National Honor Society.[27][28] He also participated in speech and debate.[29]

University education

Prevost earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in mathematics from Villanova University, an Augustinian college, in 1977.[30][31] He obtained a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in 1982, also serving as a physics and math teacher at St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago during his studies.[5][32] He earned a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1984, followed by a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1987 from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.[30] His doctoral thesis was titled "The office and authority of the local prior in the Order of Saint Augustine".[30] Villanova University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in 2014.[31]

Early career (1977–2001)

Formation with Augustinians

 
Prevost's first year, or novitiate, as an Augustinian took place at Immaculate Conception Church in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prevost's brother, John, noted that he aspired to the priesthood from a young age.[20] In September 1977, he joined the Order of Saint Augustine as a novice, residing at Immaculate Conception Church in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.[33][34] He took his first vows in September 1978 and solemn vows in August 1981.[35]

Priesthood and missionary work in Peru

Prevost was ordained a priest by Archbishop Jean Jadot for the Augustinians in Rome on June 19, 1982.[35] Prevost joined the Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985, serving as chancellor of the Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas (1985–1986).[36] In 1987, after defending his doctoral thesis, he was vocation director and missions director of the Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Olympia Fields, Illinois, and worked with the faculty of the Augustinian Novitiate in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, before returning to Peru in 1988.[30][37]

In Peru, Prevost spent a decade heading the Augustinian seminary in Trujillo, teaching canon law in the diocesan seminary,[30] serving as prefect of studies, acting as a judge in the regional ecclesiastical court, and working in parish ministry on the city's outskirts.[38] He proved successful in the Augustinians' efforts to recruit Peruvians for the priesthood and leadership positions in the order.[39]

During the Fujimorato era, Prevost criticized the crimes committed by then-President Alberto Fujimori, placing special emphasis on the victims of the Peruvian Army, especially the Colina Group, during the period of terrorism in Peru, as well as of political corruption. In 2017, he criticized President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's decision to pardon Fujimori, and called upon Fujimori "to personally apologize for some of the great injustices that were committed."[40] His years in Peru gave him personal knowledge of political violence and inequality, even going so far as to travel by horse on difficult roads due to his missionary commitment to distant and almost forgotten populations of the Lambayeque ravines.[41] He also stood out as a defender of human rights of the population of the Norte Chico region against the violence of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist guerrilla organization Shining Path.[42][43]

Prior provincial

In 1998, Prevost was elected prior provincial of the Order of St. Augustine's Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel based in Chicago, assuming the role on March 8, 1999.[30] In 2000, he permitted Augustinian priest James Ray, suspended from public ministry since 1991 due to credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors, to reside at St. John Stone Friary in Chicago under supervision, after a prior residence was rejected by the archdiocesan review board for its proximity to a parish school at St. Thomas the Apostle Church.[44] Ray was moved in 2002 after US bishops implemented stricter rules.[44][45][h]

Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine (2001–2013)

 
Prevost in 2012 as Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine

Elected Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine in 2001, Prevost served two six-year terms until 2013.[46] During his tenure, complaints of abuse against minors were made against Richard McGrath, a former president of Providence Catholic High School, an Augustinian institution, who was removed in 2017 following a child pornography investigation.[47][48] A $2 million settlement was reached in 2018 between the Diocese of Joliet and a former student who alleged rape by McGrath in the 1990s.[49][50][51] From 2013 to 2014, Prevost served as director of formation at the Convent of St. Augustine in Chicago and as first councilor and provincial vicar of the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel.[30]

Bishop of Chiclayo (2014–2023)

 
St. Mary's Cathedral in Chiclayo, Peru, where Prevost served as bishop from 2015 to 2023

On November 3, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Prevost as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and titular bishop of Sufar.[52] He was consecrated on December 12, 2014, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Chiclayo,[53] by Archbishop James Green, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru.[54][55] On September 26, 2015, he was named bishop of Chiclayo.[56][57] In accordance with a diplomatic treaty, Prevost became a naturalized Peruvian citizen before becoming bishop.[32]

On July 13, 2019, Prevost was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Clergy,[58] and on April 15, 2020, he became apostolic administrator of Callao.[59][i] On November 21, 2020, he joined the Congregation for Bishops.[60] Within the Episcopal Conference of Peru, he served on the permanent council (2018–2020) and was elected president of its Commission for Education and Culture in 2019, also contributing to Caritas Peru.[61][62] Prevost had a private audience with Pope Francis on March 1, 2021, sparking speculation about a new role in Chicago or Rome.[63][64]

Prevost as Bishop of Chiclayo in 2018, commenting about extreme poverty in the region (in Spanish)

Through his social media, Prevost criticized some positions of the political left in Peru, opposing political movements that sought to legalize abortion, euthanasia, or the release of people affiliated with the Shining Path movement (he supported a 2018 campaign by Peruvian bishops against pardoning former terrorists), while supporting environmental causes. He also expressed solidarity with Venezuelan immigration in Peru, considering them victims of the shortcomings of Chavismo and the difficult times brought on by Nicolás Maduro's government (in solidarity with the Venezuelan opposition).[65][66] During the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests in support of former president Pedro Castillo, Prevost stated: "The deaths during the protests cause me great sadness and pain ... I asked to stay in Peru; I even made that request to the Holy Father. It wasn't the time to leave."[67]

During his time at Chiclayo, Prevost has been accused of covering up sexual abuse.[48][51] In 2022, alleged victims of abuse in 2007 by priests Ricardo Yesquén and Eleuterio Vásquez Gonzáles said Prevost failed to investigate their case.[68] The Diocese of Chiclayo stated that Prevost followed proper procedures, met with Ana María Quispe and her sisters in April 2022 to personally attend the victims, encouraging civil action while initiating a canonical investigation, which he sent to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.[69][70] The sisters stated in 2024 that no full penal canonical investigation occurred, and an article from América Televisión agreed the church's investigation was not thorough.[71][72]

In statements to the Peruvian newspaper La República, Prevost said: "If you are a victim of sexual abuse by a priest, report it."[73] Journalist Pedro Salinas [es], who investigated and exposed crimes committed by members of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae—including sexual, physical, and psychological abuse—highlighted that Prevost always expressed his support for the victims and was one of the most reliable clerical authorities in Peru, being the reason why Pope Francis ordered him as prefect of bishops. Salinas stated that some of the Peruvian clergy related to the Sodalitium and right-wing political elites are trying to attack and defame Prevost in vengeance of Prevost's role in the dissolution of the Sodalitium by Pope Francis due to its sexual abuse scandals, as well as being near to Francis's political theology.[74][75]

Dicastery for bishops and elevation to cardinalate (2023–2025)

 
Coat of arms of Prevost as a cardinal

Pope Francis was close to Prevost, and advanced his career.[76] On January 30, 2023, Francis appointed Prevost prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops with the title archbishop-bishop emeritus of Chiclayo.[77][78] Prevost expressed a preference to stay in Peru, but nonetheless accepted the appointment to move to Rome.[76]

On September 30, 2023, Francis created Prevost a cardinal with the rank of cardinal-deacon and assigned the title of Santa Monica degli Agostiniani.[79] As prefect, he played a critical role in evaluating and recommending episcopal candidates worldwide, increasing his visibility within the church.[80] In this role, he recommended that Joseph Strickland be removed from his office as bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, in November 2023.[81][82] In October 2023, Francis appointed him as a member of seven additional dicasteries,[j] and also named him to the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State.[30]

On February 6, 2025, Francis promoted him to cardinal-bishop, assigning him as titular bishop of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano.[83][84] Prevost was active in the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council, having participated in meetings and celebrated Mass in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in May 2023.[85]

Papacy (2025–present)

 
Pope Leo XIV waves at the people gathered in St. Peter's Square in his first public appearance as pope

Ahead of the 2025 papal conclave, Prevost was considered a dark horse compared to more prominent papabili,[86][87] although he was noted to be an ally of Pope Francis and a possible compromise candidate.[86][88] His American nationality had been regarded as a potential stumbling block to his candidacy, reflecting unease about enhancing United States geopolitical power.[89] Supporters argued that he represented a "dignified middle of the road".[90] He had been appointed by Pope Francis as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America in 2023, the same year he was made a cardinal. These roles elevated his prominence as a papal candidate leading into the conclave.[91][92][93]

Prevost was elected pope on May 8, 2025, the second day of the conclave, on the fourth ballot. White smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel at 18:07 CEST (UTC+2), signifying a pope had been chosen.[94] With this, he became the first American pontiff.[95][96][97] After accepting his election and adopting his papal name, Prevost embraced his fellow cardinals upon exiting the Sistine Chapel. Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, the cardinal protodeacon, made the traditional Latin announcement, Habemus papam from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, making public the new pontiff's name, Leo XIV,[98] which was "a clear reference to Leo XIII's Rerum novarum" according to Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office.[99]

Leo appeared in the traditional papal red stole and mozzetta, vestments which had not been worn by Pope Francis upon his election in 2013.[100][101][102] He then delivered his first address in Italian and Spanish, where he expressed gratitude for the legacy of Pope Francis, and imparted the Urbi et Orbi blessing in Latin.[103] For the first time, two of the three cassocks Leo could have chosen were recycled from the 2013 papal conclave, partially as a result of Laudato si', Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on climate change.[104]

The Vatican described Leo as the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine and the second pope from the Americas (after Pope Francis).[30][105] He is also the first North American pope,[106] the first born in the United States,[107] the first to be a dual citizen of Peru and the United States,[108][109][110] the first from an English-speaking country since Adrian IV (r. 1154–1159),[111] the first born after World War II, and the 267th pope overall.[112] United States president Donald Trump congratulated Leo XIV for being the first American pope,[113] and Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, said he thanked Prevost several times for accepting his election as pope.[114] Peru also celebrated the election of the first pope with Peruvian nationality;[115][116] the news was received with jubilation in his former diocese of Chiclayo,[117][118] particularly among the clergy,[119] and the country's capital also celebrated by ringing the bells of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima.[120] He was congratulated by the Peruvian president Dina Boluarte,[121] and by members of the Peruvian Congress.[122][123]

The day after his election, on May 9, Leo celebrated his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel before the assembled College of Cardinals. During the Mass, he warned against the lack of faith in the world and spoke of a Church that would act as a "beacon that illuminates the dark nights of this world".[124]

Views

Needs of the world and choice of name

According to Cardinal Fernando Chomalí of Argentina, Leo XIV told him that the reason for his choice of papal name is based on his concern about the world's cultural shifts, a type of Copernican revolution involving artificial intelligence and robotics. “He was inspired by Leo XIII, who in the midst of the Industrial Revolution wrote ‘Rerum Novarum’ [new things or revolutionary change],[125] launching an important dialogue between the church and the modern world.” The world now is going through a time of "perplexity." “There is a revolution happening, and it must be addressed seriously. The church can contribute through its moral authority and also its academic strength.”[126]

Church policy

In May 2023, Prevost said that episcopal leadership should prioritize faith over administration. The first priority is to "communicate the beauty of the faith, the beauty and joy of knowing Jesus".[127] His first message as pope emphasized the greeting of peace of the risen Jesus "who gave his life for the flock of God", giving "a disarmed and disarming peace". He said he wanted to continue the blessing of Pope Francis: "God cares for you, God loves you all, and evil will not prevail! We are all in God's hands."[128]

The themes in his first message include Jesus as light needed by the world, becoming a missionary Church through dialogue and openness, fidelity to the gospel, walking together in synodality, working as a united Church for peace and justice, closeness to the suffering, and praying to Mary who is close by. Twice he mentioned the need of not having fear, a constant message of Pope John Paul II. Leo XIV emphasized God's help in "building bridges" so that "we can all be one people always in peace". His episcopal motto is In illo uno unum ("In the one [Christ we are] one").[30]

Synodality

Prevost is a strong proponent of synodality, one of Pope Francis's signature legacies. He sees that participation and co-responsibility of all the faithful can address the polarization in the church.[129] He has faith that "the Holy Spirit is ... pushing us towards a renewal". He has stated that all the faithful are "called to the great responsibility of living what I call a new attitude", which is "to listen first of all to the Holy Spirit, to what He is asking of the Church".[127]

Women

Prevost opposes the ordination of women to the diaconate, arguing it "doesn't necessarily solve a problem" and could create new issues.[130] Commenting on Pope Francis's 2023 appointment of three women as members of the Dicastery for Bishops, which he headed, he noted that their perspectives often align with other members but can introduce valuable new viewpoints.[131]

Social and political issues

Prevost is seen as a moderate or centrist.[108][132] In April 2025, Italian newspaper la Repubblica stated that Prevost was a "cosmopolitan" figure and "appreciated by conservatives and progressives" within the church.[133] Prevost opposes euthanasia, abortion, and the death penalty.[134] He supported Venezuelan refugees in Peru during his time in Chiclayo.[96][135]

On the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Prevost expressed support for vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic, sympathy for George Floyd and protesters, and criticized US immigration policies under President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.[136][137][138] He also criticized Trump's meeting with El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, who offered to detain criminals of any nationality deported from the United States in Salvadoran prisons.[139] Prevost voted in Will County, Illinois, in several elections, including the Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in Illinois's Republican primaries in 2012, 2014, and 2016.[140][141][142]

LGBTQ issues

Prevost expressed reservations about "sympathy for beliefs and practices that contradict the gospel" and did not fully endorse nor reject Fiducia supplicans, a doctrinal declaration concerning blessings for people in a same-sex relationship. He stated that national bishops' conferences should "interpret and apply such directives in their local contexts, given cultural differences".[143] In 2012, he criticized popular culture's sympathy for the "homosexual lifestyle" and same-sex families.[90] In April 2016, Prevost opposed the inclusion of "gender ideology" in Peruvian primary school curricula, stating it promotes "genders that don't exist".[90][144]

Climate change

Prevost has advocated for stronger Church action against climate change, stating in a November 2024 seminar that "dominion over nature" should not be "tyrannical".[108]

Communication and social media

In a May 2023 interview, Prevost stressed the need for prudence and responsibility on using social media to preclude "fuelling divisions and controversy" and doing "damage to the communion of the Church".[127] This view is in line with his tendency to speak "with caution and great deliberation" and "steely determination and clarity", as Christopher White, the Vatican correspondent of the National Catholic Reporter described him.[129]

Personal life

Prevost's mother, Mildred, died on June 18, 1990, and his father, Louis, followed on November 8, 1997.[8][11]

Prevost casually consulted his brothers about his potential papal name the evening before the conclave.[20] In addition to his native English, he is also fluent in Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and can read Latin and German.[91]

Prevost is a sports fan, and considers himself an amateur tennis player.[145] He is a fan of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball,[146] attending a White Sox home game during the 2005 World Series.[147][148][149] He also shows support for Villanova athletics, especially the Wildcats men's college basketball team.[150]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Italian: Leone XIV; Spanish: León XIV.
  2. ^ Pronounced /ˈpriːvoʊst/ PREE-vohst.[1]
  3. ^ While Leo XIV is the first pope from the Order of Saint Augustine, other popes belonged to other orders considered to be Augustinian or following the Rule of Saint Augustine. These included five canons regular, namely Honorius II (1124–1130), Innocent II (1130–1143), Lucius II (1144–1145), Adrian IV (1154–1159), and Eugene IV (1431–1447), as well as Gregory VIII (1187), who was also a Premonstratensian. The Order of Saint Augustine was established by Pope Innocent IV in 1244, and a core value in their rule is to "live together in harmony, being of one mind and one heart on the way to God".[2][3]
  4. ^ St. Mary's Church in Dolton was closed in 2011.[23]
  5. ^
    • John Prevost: "You know how some kids like to play war and be soldiers, and some girls want to play dolls and be housewives? He wanted to play priest. And so he took our mom's ironing board and put a tablecloth over it, and we had to go to Mass, and we went to Mass. And he knew everything: he knew the prayers in Latin, he knew his prayers in English—and he did that all the time. And he took it totally serious: it was not a joke, it was not a game; he was dead serious about it. Isn't that interesting? Now that's how you know. And the other thing how we knew: When he was in first grade or kindergarten, one of the moms across the street and one down said to him, 'You're going to be the first American pope.' In the first grade they knew that. […] He just had that spirit around him that was interested in other people, interested in the neighbors, and stuff like that."[24]
    • Louis Prevost: "He used to always play priest when he was little; that's how we knew, 'This guy is something special.' […] I played cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians. He would play priest. 'How boring! Come on, Rob, let's go!' 'No. Can I give you Communion?' This is what we grew up [with]. So five, six, seven, eight years old, we'd tease him all the time. 'You just want to be pope, don't ya?' We'd just tease him, you know, 'You're gonna be the pope,' 'You wanna be the pope.' As stupid kids, not ever thinking it would ever happen."[25]
  6. ^ John Prevost: "As he got into the high school age, his favorite recreation was driving. He just loved to get behind the wheel."[24]
  7. ^ Dorothy Tucker: "And tell me about your younger brother as your younger brother—tell me those stories when you were growing up."
    John Prevost: "There aren't a whole lot, because he left home after eighth-grade graduation and went right away into the Augustinian seminary in Holland, Michigan. So he wasn't home much after that: you know, summer vacations, Christmas vacations from high school and college, and then he was with the Order. So there really weren't a whole lot as [we were] growing up; as we became older, then yeah, when he would come up for leaves and stuff like that, more so than as kids."[24]
  8. ^ That Ray was allowed to live at the friary was first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2021, based on documents the church made public in 2014.[45]
  9. ^ His role in Callao ended upon the installation of a new bishop there on May 26, 2021.
  10. ^ Francis appointed him to the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, Dicastery for the Clergy, Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Dicastery for Culture and Education, and Dicastery for Legislative Texts.[30]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine
September 14, 2001 – September 4, 2013 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Sufar
December 12, 2014 – September 26, 2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Chiclayo
September 26, 2015 – January 30, 2023 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
January 30, 2023 – May 8, 2025 		Vacant
Preceded by President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
January 30, 2023 – May 8, 2025
New title Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Monica
September 30, 2023 – February 6, 2025
Preceded by Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
February 6 – May 8, 2025
Preceded by Pope
May 8, 2025–present 		Incumbent
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