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Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (born September 14, 1955) is an American-born prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since April 12, 2023.
Jan 30, 2023 · Pope Francis has named Robert Francis Prevost, an Augustinian missionary who has been serving as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru, as the new prefect for the Dicastery of Bishops. Bishop Prevost succeeds Cardinal Marc Ouellet, both as prefect and as president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. By Vatican News.
Jul 10, 2023 · Among the 21 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis at the Sunday Angelus of 9 July is Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. He will be created a cardinal on 30 September 2023 during the Vatican consistory, just on the eve of the Synod on Synodality that will open with Church leaders and ...
Jan 30, 2023 · In a key decision, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 78, and named Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., 67, as the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery...
May 4, 2023 · At the age of 67, Archbishop Robert Prevost is beginning his “novitiate” as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. An Augustinian friar, Robert Francis Prevost was born in the US city of Chicago, and served first as a missionary and later as bishop in Chiclayo, Peru, before being chosen by Pope Francis to succeed Cardinal Marc ...
Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, O.S.A. Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Monica Bishop Emeritus of Chiclayo President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
On 30 January 2023 Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Prevost as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and presidet of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in the Consistory of 30 September 2023, of the Deaconry of Santa Monica.
