Things to know about Leo XIV, the first pontiff born in the United States

Christian name: Robert Francis Prevost
Age: 69
Birthplace: Chicago
Siblings: Two brothers, Louis Martin and John Joseph
Education: St. Augustine Seminary in West Michigan; Villanova University, Philadelphia, studying mathematics and philosophy.
Theological education: Catholic Theological Union, Chicago; Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome.
Ordained: June 19, 1982, St. Monica’s College, Rome
Episcopal motto: “In Illo uno unum” – words pronounced by St. Augustine in a sermon on Psalm 127 to explain that “although we Christians are many, in the one Christ we are one.”
Religious order: Augustinian. Men and women of the Augustine order live a life of poverty and preaching, especially to the poor and marginalized. Martin Luther was an Augustinian friar before his theological reforms.
Life’s work, until now: He spent decades ministering to the poor in Peru.

Recent service:
Jan. 30, 2023: Pope Francis calls him to Rome as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, promoting him to the rank of Archbishop.
Sept. 30, 2023: Pope Francis names him Cardinal in the Consistory, assigned to the Diaconate of St. Monica.
Oct. 4, 2023: Pope Francis appoints him as a member of the Dicasteries for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), for the Doctrine of the Faith, for the Eastern Churches, for the Clergy, for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, for Culture and Education, for Legislative Texts, and of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State.
Feb. 6, 2025: Pope Francis promotes him to the Order of Bishops, granting him the title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano.
Feb. 9, 2025: He celebrates the Mass presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, the second major event of the Holy Year of Hope.
March 3, 2025: During his predecessor’s hospitalization, he presided over the Rosary for Pope Francis’ health in St. Peters Square.
April 21, 2025: Death of Pope Francis.
May 8, 2025: Conclave names him the 267^th Bishop of Rome, and he takes the name Pope Leo XIV.