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Prelates & Cardinals
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Pope
Reigning PopePapa Leone XIV
Supreme Pontiff, Bishop of Rome
Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago in 1955, an Augustinian, was elected Pope on 8 May 2025, the first Pontiff from the United States. A missionary in Peru for more than twenty years, he was Bishop of Chiclayo and Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
PopePapa Francesco
Pope (2013-2025), Bishop of Rome
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentine Jesuit born in Buenos Aires in 1936, was Pope from 13 March 2013 to 21 April 2025. The first Latin American and first Jesuit Pope, he led the reform of the Curia with Praedicate Evangelium.
PopePapa Benedetto XVI
Pope (2005-2013), Pope Emeritus
Joseph Ratzinger, a German theologian born in 1927, was Pope from 19 April 2005 until 28 February 2013, when he renounced the Petrine ministry. Formerly Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he died as Pope Emeritus on 31 December 2022.