1. Robert Prevost becomes first American pope, to be known as Pope Leo XIV
2. The new pope was born in Illinois, Chicago and is 69 years old.
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3. The new Pope who is a Mathematician and studied Philosophy, was selected by 89 cardinals to emerge successor of the late Pope Francis.
4. One hundred and thirty three cardinals participated in the vote to elect Pope Leo XIV.
5. It took the Concave two days – May 6 to May 8 – to elect the new Pope
6. Pope Leo XIV was made an archbishop in Peru after doing a missionary work in the country.
7. The late Pope Francis made his immediate successor head of the team responsible for the election of Catholic Cardinals.
8. Pope Leo XIV graduated from Villanova University in 1977.
9. He was ordained a priest on June 19, 1982, at the Augustinian College of Saint Monica.
10. He is the first Augustinian to be made a Pope and studied first at the Minor Seminary of the Augustinian Fathers and then at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where in 1977 he earned a Degree in Mathematics and also studied Philosophy.
