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Pope Leo 'fell in love with Peru' and ceviche: Peru bishop

Pope Leo XIV, the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, was elected on May 8, 2025, after serving as a missionary in Peru for over 20 years.
His election followed a papacy of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, and reflects his deep ties to Peru, where he became a national in 2015.
The new Pope, born in the US but known as the least American contender, was driven by concerns for the poor and marginalized, sharing priorities with his Argentine predecessor Francis.
Bishop Edison Farfan of Chiclayo said Leo XIV “gave his whole life to the mission in Peru” and “fell in love with Peru and ceviche,” highlighting his local connection.
His election was hailed as a continental success and underscores ongoing Latin American influence in the Catholic Church’s leadership.

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Pope Leo 'fell in love with Peru' and ceviche: Peru bishop

Pope Leo XIV fell in love with Peru and its signature dish of raw seafood, ceviche, over his nearly two decades in the country, his successor as bishop of the northern city of Chiclayo said Thursday. US-born pontiff Robert Prevost joined the Augustinian order in Peru in 1985 and obtained Peruvian nationality in 2015. “He loved goat, duck with rice and ceviche, those were his favorite dishes,” Chiclayo’s current bishop Edison Farfan told a press …

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"My dear diocese of Chiclayo": the close relationship with Peru of the new Pope Leo XIV - The Opinion

Robert Prevost was born in the United States but has spent half his life in Peru, a country where he has performed pastoral tasks and of which he has nationality.

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Pope Leo XIV is a Peruvian citizen

Habemus Papam! was heard from St. Peter’s Square and later announced that Robert Prevost had been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church. The new Supreme Pontiff was born in the United States, but also has Peruvian nationality. Prevost served as Bishop of Chiclayo and has a valid National Identity Document (DNI), according to the Reniec since August 2015. He begins his pontificate with the name Leo XIV. His election took place on the sec…

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Peru: Chiclayo claims his Peruvian Pope in popular fervour

Chiclayo - Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, now Leo XIV, the first American pope, spent more than 20 years in Peru, a country of which he also holds nationality. He was bishop from 2015 to 2023 of the diocese of Chiclayo.

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Messages came from world leaders for the new Pope, less from China - Nuevo Diario de Salta

Leo XIV “likes the cebiche, the cross of Motupe, the miracle of Eten,” says the Bishop of Chiclayo, Edinson Farfán, who is the successor of Robert Prevost, in the Diocesi of Chiclayo Peru, who held that office. Later he holds the prelate to Religion in Freedom, “Pope Francis has been a prophet of the 21st century, and Pope Leo XIV has been very close to him. We have a process, an agenda until 2028, to receive the fruits of the Synod of Synodalit…

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Pope Leo XIV and his connection with Peru: the images that recall the life of Robert Prevost in the country

Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected new pope: Leon XIV, was born in the United States but has Peruvian nationality, where he lived for a long time and assumed several functions, such as being bishop of Chiclayo.

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