The first American Pope
In a relatively short conclave Cardinals have elected Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th successor of Saint Peter as the Bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff.
Ten facts about the new Pope: He is the first American Pope. American has the 4th largest number of Catholics in the world after Brazil, Mexico and the Phillipines.
He is the first Pope from an English speaking country since Adrian IV of England in 1154.
He grew up in Chicago and was a priest there but was posted to Peru where he became Bishop of Chiclayo
He was only made a Cardinal in 2023
He is only 69 years old, considerably younger than the two Popes before him
He speaks English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and can read Latin and German
He has worked as a Maths teacher
He was head of the influential Vatican Dicastery for Bishops which advised the pope on bishop appointments globally.
He is an Augustinian friar and was prior general of the worldwide order
His father was a US Navy veteran of WWII
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