Here Comes ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐, US’ First Pope
(๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐.๐.๐ – ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐). First American POPE…. The 267th Pope. He’s 69 years old, He was born, Robert Francis Prevost, henceforth Pope XIV. His birth name will only be called again on the day of his death, three times
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Ordination to the Priesthood: 19 June 1982
Ordination to the Episcopate: 12 December 2014
Elevation to the College of Cardinals: 30 September 2023
Education
1977: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Villanova University
1982: Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago
1984: Licentiate in Canon Law from Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome
1987: Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome
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1985-1986: Missionary work in Chulucanas, Peru
1988-1998: Various roles in Trujillo, Peru, including community prior, formation director, and professor
1999-2001: Provincial of the Augustinian Province in Chicago
2001-2013: Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine (two terms)
2014-2015: Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru
2015-2023: Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
2023-present: Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops
2023-present: President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Memberships
Dicastery for Clergy
Dicastery for Evangelization
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life
Dicastery for Culture and Education
Dicastery for Legislative Texts
2023: Commission for the Governance (Governatorato) of the Vatican City State
Here Comes ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐, US’ First Pope
