American-born Robert Francis Prevost, the cardinal who was elected pope on Thursday, overcame what many saw as long-shot odds for the papacy.
Here’s a brief timeline for the Roman Catholic Church leader now known as Pope Leo XIV.
1955
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Robert Francis Prevost is born in Chicago.
1977
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He earns a Bachelor of Science in mathematics at Villanova University and enters the Order of Saint Augustine in Saint Louis.
1981
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He makes his solemn vows.
1982
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He receives a Master in Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and is ordained as a priest.
1985
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Father Prevost joins the Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, Peru.
1987
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He receives a doctoral degree from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and the following year, he joins a mission in Trujillo, Peru.
1999
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He is elected provincial prior of the Augustinian Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Chicago.
2015
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He is named bishop of Chiclayo, Peru.
2023
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He is elevated to archbishop by Pope Francis and appointed to run the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world.
2025
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Cardinal Prevost is elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and takes the name Leo XIV.
Eve Sampson is a reporter covering international news and a member of the 2024-25 Times Fellowship class, a program for journalists early in their careers.
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