“We are enthusiastic that the research into Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry is shedding light on the complex history of the Louisiana Creole people and the meaning of the term ‘Creole’ itself ...

After Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected pope, genealogists got to work. What they found surprised them.

that will put a global spotlight on the Creole people and their mixed ancestry. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, is the grandson of New Orleanians. Genealogist Alex DaPaul Lee calls ...

First as the first U.S.-born pope — and second as the first pontiff with recent ancestors who were Creole people of color in New Orleans, something the new pope has never acknowledged publicly.

As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected ...

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America. By Richard Fausset and Robert ...

define “Creole” in the traditional sense: people who were native to Louisiana, who were Roman Catholic and spoke French/French Creole, no matter their race.) Families could be categorized ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The detective work of Jari Honora, the New Orleans genealogist and historian ...

has Creole of color roots from New Orleans on his mother's side!” Honora wrote on social media alongside images of the records. “What a great connection for our local population!” PEOPLE ...