Leo XIV Is A Same Name Which Was Used Before It

 

                            Robert Francis Prevost as "Leo XIV"

Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost; 14 September 1955) is the head of the Second Vatican Church and sovereign of Vatican City State since 2025. He is the first North American to be elected pope, and the first Peruvian citizen.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, US, Prevost spent the early part of his career there working for the Augustinians. He served in Peru from 1985 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1998 as a "parish pastor", "diocesan official", seminary teacher and administrator. He served as "Bishop of Chiclayo" in Peru from 2015 to 2023, and was general of the Order of Saint Augustine from 2001 to 2013. He was made a "cardinal" in 2023 by "Pope" Francis (noted: Francis was an Antipope, not a Pope). He was appointed "prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops", a prominent role that raised his profile as a potential "papal candidate", and "president" of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America in 2023.

Deciding to become a priest, Prevost joined the Order of St. Augustine in September 1977, taking his first vows in September 1978 and his solemn vows in August 1981. The following year, he was awarded a Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. While there, he substituted as a physics teacher occasionally at St. Rita of Cascia High School and also taught math part-time. 

Prevost was "ordained a priest" by Archbishop Jean Jadot for the Augustinians in Rome on June 19, 1982. He earned a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1984 and a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1987 from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

Prevost joined the Augustinian mission in Peru in 1985 and served as chancellor of the Territorial Prélature of Chulucanas from 1985 to 1986. He returned to Peru in 1988, spending the next ten years heading the Augustinian seminary in Trujillo. He also taught canon law in the diocesan seminary and served as prefect of studies. Prevost served as judge of the regional ecclesiastical court and a member of the College of Consultors of Trujillo. He also led a congregation on the outskirts of the city.

In 1998, Prevost was elected provincial of the Augustinian Province of Chicago and returned to the United States to assume that position on March 8, 1999.

In 2000, Prevost allowed "Father" James Ray, an Augustinian "priest", to reside at St. John Stone Friary in Chicago under a monitor, refraining from public ministry, after the first rectory proposed for his residence was rejected by the archdiocesan review board because it was on the same property as a parish school. Ray had been suspended from public ministry since 1991 due to credible accusations of sexual abuse of minors. Ray was moved to a different residence in 2002 when the "United States Conference of Catholic Bishops" adopted stricter rules for handling "priests" accused of abusing minors.

In 2001, Prevost was elected to a six-year term as " Prior General " of the Augustinians. He was elected to a second six-year term in 2007. From 2013 to 2014, Prevost served as director of formation in the Convent of St. Augustine in Chicago, as well as "first councilor" and "provincial vicar" of the province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, which covers the midwestern United States.

On November 3, 2014, "Pope" Francis appointed Prevost as " apostolic administrator " of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru and titular bishop of Sufar. He received his "episcopal consecration" on December 12, 2014, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Chiclayo. On September 26, 2015, he was named "bishop" of Chiclayo. Prevost also became a Peruvian citizen in 2015.

                                  Invalid Papal Conclave 2025

On July 13, 2019, Prevost was appointed a "member of the Congregation for the Clergy in Rome". On April 15, 2020, he was named apostolic administrator of Callao in Peru. On November 21, 2020, Francis named him a member of the Congregation for Bishops.

Alleged victims of abuse from two priests, dating back to 2007, said that Prevost failed to open an investigation in 2022. According to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Prevost met with the young women in April 2022 and encouraged them to take their case to the civil authorities while opening an initial canonical investigation.

Within the Episcopal Conference of Peru, Prevost served on the permanent council for the 2018 to 2020 term. He was elected in 2019 as president of its Commission for Education and Culture. He was also a member of the leadership of Caritas Peru. Prevost had a private audience with Francis on March 1, 2021, fueling speculation of a new assignment either in Chicago or Rome.

On January 30, 2023, Francis appointed Prevost prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops with the title archbishop-bishop emeritus of Chiclayo. At the September 30 consistory, Francis appointed him "cardinal-deacon" of Chapel of Santa Monica degli Agostiniani in Rome. As "prefect" he held a key position within the Roman Curia. The office is responsible for evaluating and recommending candidates for the episcopate around the world. This role increased Prevost's visibility and influence within the "Catholic Church", raising his profile ahead of any future papal conclave.

On February 6, 2025, Francis promoted Prevost to "cardinal-bishop", assigning him to the Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano in the Province of Rome.

On May 8, 2025, the second day of the 2025 papal conclave, Prevost was elected the "first pope" from North America. He assumed the papal name “Leo XIV”, following on from Leo XIII over a century ago. About an hour after the appearance of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, "Cardinal" Dominique Mamberti, "protodeacon" of the College of Cardinals, delivered the traditional Habemus Papam announcement. From the central loggia of Saint Peter's Basilica, he told the crowd Prevost’s given names, surname, and chosen papal name. "Pope" Leo XIV (noted: that Prevost or Leo XIV of Vatican was a new Antipope after Francis) then appeared on the balcony in traditional papal vestments to greet the gathered crowds, gave his first address in both Italian and Spanish, then imparted his very first Urbi et Orbi blessing. 

About His views (Antipope Leo XIV) : 

In May 2023, Prevost argued for episcopal leadership valuing faith rather than administration. Prevost has stated that the the Catholic church should take greater action against climate change. "Dominion over nature" should not be "tyrannical", he said in a November 2024 seminar. (Source: "Where Pope Leo Stands on Specific Issues". Time. May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 8, 2025.) 

Prevost does not support the ordination of women to the diaconate: it "doesn't necessarily solve a problem", and "it might make a new problem".(Source: Mares, Courtney (October 26, 2023). "Cardinal at Synod on Synodality: 'Clericalizing Women' Will Not Solve Problems"New Catholic Register. Archived from the original on May 8, 2025) 

As a bishop, Prevost opposed the inclusion of curriculum regarding "teachings on gender in schools" in Peru, stating that the "promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don't exist". An acquaintance of Pope Leo XIV, Jesus Leon Angeles, noted that he cares for Venezuelan refugees in Peru. (Source:Rich, Motoko (May 2, 2025). "There's Never Been a Pope From the U.S. Could This Cardinal Change That?". The New York Times. ) 

After Antipope Francis's 2023 declaration Fiducia supplicans allowed "Catholic" priests (noted: Second Vatican Invalid Priests or laymen) to bless couples who are not married according to church teaching (including same-sex couples), he said the declaration would be ineffective in parts of Africa where homosexuality is still illegal: "our cultural situation is such that the application of this document is just not going to work". According to washingtonblade.com, Antipope Leo XIV was an Anti-LGBTQ people. (Source: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/08/american-cardinal-chosen-as-next-pope/ ) 

According to Earlier, in 2012, Prevost observed that popular culture fostered "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel", citing the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children". He also condemned pop culturals like pop musics.(Source: Rich, Motoko (May 2, 2025). "There's Never Been a Pope From the U.S. Could This Cardinal Change That?"New York Times) 

Prevost expressed sympathy for George Floyd after his murder in 2020. He has also criticized US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance through his posts on Twitter about their policies on Immigrants like Latinos.

So, about what's explained above, we can conclude that Antipope Leo XIV had a Conservative view and than more conservative than Antipope Benedict XVI. But, That's not mean Leo XIV was a Pope, He was still an Antipope, because after we consider, He was a layman and ordained with Invalidly New Rites of Ordination, of course he was not Bishop too.

Besides that, there is a coincidence between Robert Francis Prevost and Oscar Michaelli, Both are from the Americas and both are Latinos people (one is Argentinian [Oscar Michaelli], the other is Peruvian [Prevost]), and they used the same Regnal name, "Leo XIV" . But, before Prevost, Oscar had used this name on 2006. Oscar Michaelli (Antipope Leo XIV on 2006-2008) was born in 1983 in the province of Buenos Aires. Having had a vision that he should become a priest, he joined the Sociedad de Nuestra Señora de la Compasión in Moreno, where he became known as Oscar de la Compasión. After a brief period, Adolphe George Cantor and Mario Cornejo of the Santa María Church ordained him a priest and consecrated him a bishop, both in 2005. A new religious order, the Orden de Nuestra Señora de la Compasión was initiated on 1 April 2005, when he, as the superior general, issued a “Declaration on the Sede Vacante”, subscribing to a conclave. 

On 24 March 2006, a conclave of the Catholic Apostolic Remnant Church elected Oscar de la Compasión papa as "Pope" and he took the name, Leo XIV. Just thereafter, he and the other bishops of the order were consecrated sub conditione by John William Blackhill, Raphaël Cloquell and Raúl Francisco Tejada.

From Blackhill, "Pope" Leo XIV claimed apostolic succession through a number Armenian and later British-Armenian prelates, including Charles Leslie Saul, who in 1945 was given the title and position of Archbishop of Suthronia in the Eparchy of All the Britons. Saul consecrated Herman Philippus Abbinga as Missionary Bishop for Holland and Indonesia, who consecrated Perry Nikolaus Cedarholm, Bishop of Scandinavia for The Apostolic Episcopal Church. Cedarholm in his turn consecrated Nils Bertil Alexander Persson who later was enthroned as Primate of The Apostolic Episcopal Church, and it was Persson who was the consecrating bishop of John William Blackhill, who later turned sedevacantist and Blackhill denounced Conclavism as Schism and also a Heresy. 

The apostolic succession of Bishop Rafael Cloquell of the Église Catholique Latine Traditionelle is through the Thuc lineage via Michel Louis Guérard des Lauriers, Robert Fidelis McKenna and Oliver Oravec. Bishop Tejada’s apostolic succession is from The Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch through the rich lineage of Joseph Rene Vilatte of The American Catholic Church. Vilatte consecrated John Barwell Walker, who consecrated Emile Federico Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Byzantine Catholic and Orthodox Church of the Americas, who became the consecrator of Raúl Francisco Tejada.

According to the church’s own data, on 16 March 2007, "Pope" Leo XIV was shot but survived the attack. Later in the year, however, he became severely ill and died of cancer 2 February 2008.

Antipope Leo XIV the Argentinian was died on 2 February 2008, while Antipope Leo XIV the Peruvian was elected in Vatican on 8 May 2025. Both shared Traditional views, Although has no hope for Michaelli because He was died with his Schism like Conclavism with false devotions and his false teaching about false apparitions, but there is a hope for repentance of Prevost so he left his position as Second Vatican "Pope" with examine about Invalid Sacraments like Priesthood, Last Rites, Eucharist, Penance, and Chrism which can be done by people who ordained as Valid Priest and consecrated as Valid Bishop. If he (Prevost) can reject LGBT, condemn LGBT, against Climate Change, against Gender equality education from Secularism, against Women Ordination as Invalid, so He also can (sub Praesidium Tuum Dominus Deus = Under Your Protection, O LORD Our God) reject New Rites of Vatican II Sacraments. I Hope that he (Prevost) can meet with Bishop Rodrigo da Silva for his ordination and his episcopacy consecration which will be done with Old Rites of Traditional Catholicism and leaves Vatican II Sect, I hope he also can meet with Bishop Charles McGuire or meet with Fr. William Jenkins or Bishop James Carroll for direction to him. I hope so. There is no impossible, A Jew or Saracen can convert to Roman Catholicism (Traditional Catholicism) through a Traditionalist website, let alone him (Prevost) who knows about Church's Condition as Novus Ordo Follower, so what is impossible for God? Oremus (Let us pray) for his repentance!