American emigrants to Peru

Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.

First bishop of the Diocese of Chulucanas in the Piura Region of Peru (1925-2016)