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The newly elected Pope Leo XIV was a Champlain at St. Leo's Kyegobe Fort portal Uganda in 1987 to 1988 before being posted to Peru.
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- Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost; September 14, 1955) is the bishop of Rome, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected pope in the 2025 conclave on May 8, following the death and funeral of Pope Francis.
Claim
An online user shared a claim that the newly elected Pope, Pope Leo XIV, served as a chaplain at St. Leo’s Kyegobe in Fort Portal, Uganda, from 1987 to 1988, before being posted to Peru, See here. The exact post stated:
“The newly elected Pope Leo XIV was a chaplain at St. Leo’s Kyegobe, Fort Portal, Uganda, from 1987 to 1988 before being posted to Peru.
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Verdict: False
After a thorough investigation, JamiiCheck has determined that this claim is false. A review of historical records and the biography of Pope Leo XIV, as documented by Vatican News, found no evidence supporting the claim that Pope Leo XIV was in Uganda between 1987 and 1988.
In fact, records indicate that in 1985, Pope Leo XIV (then Robert Francis Prevost) was doing his doctoral thesis. He was subsequently assigned to the Augustinian mission in Chulucanas, Piura, Peru, from 1985 to 1986.
In 1987, he defended his doctoral thesis titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine" and was appointed vocation director and missions director for the Augustinian Province of the “Mother of Good Counsel” in Olympia Fields, Illinois (USA).
Therefore, in 1987, Prevost was serving as the director of the Augustinian Province in the United States, not in Uganda. The following year, he joined the mission in Trujillo, Peru, as the director of the joint formation project for Augustinian candidates from the vicariates of Chulucanas, Iquitos, and Apurímac.
However, Pope Leo XIV did visit Uganda in 2015 as part of the delegation accompanying Pope Francis. During this visit, he served as a translator for the Pontiff.
