10 years ago, Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, was a simple priest laboring in a difficult mission in Peru. 10 years later he is the Pope! Here is how God “created” Prevost’s story in ten years.
2014: Pope Francis appointed Fr. Prevost as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.
2015: Prevost is appointed as Bishop of Chiclayo.
2019: Bishop Prevost is appointed as member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Clergy.
2020: Bishop Prevost is appointed as member of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
2020: Bishop Prevost is appointed as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Callao in Peru.
2021: Pope Francis had private audience with Bishop Prevost in Rome, sparking speculation about a new role in Chicago (where he hails from) or in Rome.
2023: Bishop Prevost is called from Peru to Rome and appointed as Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, where he oversaw the evaluation and recommendation of episcopal candidates worldwide.
2023: Bishop Prevost is appointed as President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
2023: Bishop Prevost is created a Cardinal.
2023: Cardinal Prevost is appointed as Member of Seven Vatican Dicasteries: Doctrine of the Faith; Evangelization; Eastern Churches; the Clergy; Institute of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life; Culture and Education; and Legislative Texts.
2023: Cardinal Prevost is appointed a member of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State.
2025: Cardinal Prevost is promoted from the rank of Cardinal Deacon to Cardinal Bishop, and assigned the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano.
2025: Cardinal Prevost is elected 267th Pope.
Lesson: Never doubt God’s plan for your life. Nothing and nobody can stop God’s will from coming to fruition in your life. In the blink of an eye, God can change your entire story! In ten years, God moved Prevost from being a priest to being the Pope! God can work through any human instrument and often God does so in mysterious ways. Just keep doing your work faithfully.
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