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Pope Francis has named Bishop Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A. to lead the Dicastery for Bishops.
Pope Francis has named Bishop Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A. to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the Vatican announced on Monday, ending months of speculation about who would succeed Cardinal Marc Ouellet as head of the department which oversees episcopal nominations and discipline.
Prevost, 67, has been serving as bishop of the Peruvian Diocese of Chiclayo, where he was appointed in 2014. Along with his appointment as prefect, the Vatican press office announced, Pope Francis has granted Prevost the personal rank of Archbishop, and he will take the title of Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo when he takes over at the dicastery on April 12.
A Chicago native, he was previously appointed by Francis as a member of both the Dicastery for Bishops and the Dicastery for Clergy. He is also a canon lawyer with experience as both a missionary and diocesan administrator, and has previously served as head of the global Augustinian order.
Prevost became superior general of the Augustinians in 2001. Having previously been a provincial superior for the order in the United States. He spent much of his ecclesiastical ministry as a missionary, and was consecrated a bishop in 2015.
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Pope Francis has named Bishop Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A. to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the Vatican announced on Monday, ending months of speculation about who would succeed Cardinal Marc Ouellet as head of the department which oversees episcopal nominations and discipline.
Prevost, 67, has been serving as bishop of the Peruvian Diocese of Chiclayo, where he was appointed in 2014. Along with his appointment as prefect, the Vatican press office announced, Pope Francis has granted Prevost the personal rank of Archbishop, and he will take the title of Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo when he takes over at the dicastery on April 12.
A Chicago native, he was previously appointed by Francis as a member of both the Dicastery for Bishops and the Dicastery for Clergy. He is also a canon lawyer with experience as both a missionary and diocesan administrator, and has previously served as head of the global Augustinian order.
Prevost became superior general of the Augustinians in 2001. Having previously been a provincial superior for the order in the United States. He spent much of his ecclesiastical ministry as a missionary, and was consecrated a bishop in 2015.
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Pope Francis names Chicago native head of Vatican Bishops’ department
Pope Francis has named Bishop Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A. to lead the Dicastery for Bishops.
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