Who are Robert Prevost's family members? Here are Pope Leo XIV's parents, siblings

On conscionable the second time of voting, 133 cardinals from crossed the globe made past during the papal conclave Thursday, May 8, choosing the archetypal American-born pontiff successful Cardinal Robert Prevost.

The 69-year-old, who volition spell by the sanction Leo XIV, spent his archetypal quarter-century surviving successful the United States earlier moving to Peru, wherever helium aboriginal became a naturalized citizen. He succeeds Pope Francis, who died April 21 astatine the property of 88.

Prevost served arsenic prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops (formerly known arsenic the Congregation for Bishops) and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since 2023. He besides served arsenic Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru from 2015 to 2023.

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Who are Cardinal Robert Prevost's parents?

His father, Louis Marius Prevost is of French and Italian descent, according to a quality merchandise from the Vatican, and his mother, Mildred Martínez, is of Spanish descent. The Chicago Sun-Times has reported his begetter was an pedagogue and his parent Mildred a librarian.

Who are Cardinal Robert Prevost's brothers?

He has 2 brothers, Louis Martín Prevost and John Joseph Prevost.

Where did Cardinal Robert Prevost turn up?

Prevost was calved Sept. 14, 1955, successful Chicago, Illinois.

He attended Catholic Theological Union successful Chicago and Villanova University successful Pennsylvania earlier earning a doctorate successful canon instrumentality from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas successful Rome.

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