Robert Francis Prevost OSA (born September 14, 1955) is an American Catholic who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America since 2023.

[5] In 1998, Prevost was elected provincial of the Augustinian Province of Chicago and returned to the United States to assume that position on March 8, 1999.

[2] Beginning in 2000, Prevost allowed Father James Ray, a priest then accused of abusing minors whose ministry had been restricted since 1991, to reside at the Augustinians' St. John Stone Friary in Chicago, despite its proximity to a Catholic elementary school.

From 2013 to 2014, Prevost was director of formation in the Convent of St. Augustine in Chicago, as well as first councilor and provincial vicar of the province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, which covers the midwestern United States.

[5] On November 3, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Prevost as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and titular bishop of Sufar.

Prevost had a private audience with Pope Francis on March 1, 2021,[13] fueling speculation of a new assignment either in Chicago or Rome.

[14] On January 30, 2023, Pope Francis appointed him prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, effective April 12, with the title Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Chiclayo.