Post by statboy on 2 hours agoPope Leo XIV’s Grandparents lived in 7th Ward, records show
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.NEW ORLEANS — Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church — and now, there’s a local connection that’s making headlines in New Orleans.
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.Family historian Jari Honora said researchers sprang into action as soon as the announcement was made, curious about Cardinal Robert Prevost’s background.
“With a name like Prevost, I honestly thought there would be maybe French Canadian or even Acadian ancestry, but I had no clue it would be a very recent New Orleans connection," Honora said, “The Holy Father’s ancestors are identified as either Black or Mulatto.”
What Honora found surprised him: Pope Leo’s maternal grandparents were Creole New Orleanians whose home was displaced during the construction of the Claiborne Avenue overpass.
“Like so many sites, it was taken to build the Claiborne overpass," Honora said.
The couple was married at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on Annette Street. The church reportedly was destroyed in a hurricane in 1915.
The 1910 census data shows that the family's last known New Orleans address was South Peters in the French Quarter.
By 1912, the family relocated to Chicago. Their daughter, the future pope's mother, was the first of her siblings to be born there.
“Something that I read probably like everyone around the world is that the Holy Father was open to a vocation because as a child all of the neighborhood priests were in and out of his home because they enjoyed his mother’s cooking," Honora said, "And now we know why they enjoyed his mother’s cooking because his mother was from a New Orleans family.”
On Thursday, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond was asked if he was aware of the pope's Creole ancestry. He said he was not.
“It’s great that he is American, he will certainly understand our culture and some of our issues in the United States," Aymond said.
Honora said he has not yet traced the family tree beyond the pontiff’s grandparents, but he plans to continue the research.“In a city like New Orleans, where so many of us are Roman Catholic, or are alumni of our Catholic grammar or high schools, it’s just really, really exciting that the Pope is a homeboy, per se, that he has deep New Orleans roots," Honora said.
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