Who is new American Pope Robert Prevost known as Leo XIV and dubbed ‘greatest diplomat’

CARDINAL Robert Prevost from the US has been elected as Pope – here’s everything you need to know.

The announcement of the new pope was made as clouds of white smoke or fumata bianca emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, as a bell rang.

AFPNewly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arriving on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica[/caption]

Who is the new pope Robert Prevost?

Prevost was born in Chicago in 1955 to immigrant parents of French, Italian and Spanish descent.