Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, is originally from Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was born on September 14, 1955, in the south side Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville and grew up in the nearby suburb of Dolton

. His father was of French and Italian descent, and his mother was of Spanish descent

. Although American by birth, he spent many years as a missionary and bishop in Peru before becoming pope

. He is the first pope born in North America and the first from the Order of Saint Augustine