An kafa tarihi a yau a birnin Rome yayin da aka zabi Robert Francis Prevost dan shekaru 69 daga Chicago, a matsayin Paparoma, wanda shi ne karon farko da wani Ba’amurke ya rike wannan matsayi.
Prevost, wanda ya dauki suna Leo XIV, ya bayyana a baranda na St. Peter's Basilica don yin jawabi ga dimbin jama'ar da suka taru a fadar Vatican. Ya mika gaisuwarsa da cewa, ‘Salama ta tabbata a gare ku duka,’ kuma ya isar da ‘gaisuwa ta farko na Kristi da aka ta da daga matattu,’ yana ƙarfafa saƙonsa na salama ya ‘shiga zukatanmu da iyalanmu.
Wani tsohon mai wa’azi a ƙasashen waje a Latin Amurka, Prevost ya keɓe shekaru goma don yin hidima a Trujillo, Peru, kafin ya zama bishop na Chiclayo. Marigayi Paparoma Francis ne ya daukaka shi zuwa Cardinal a cikin 2023 kuma an nada shi a matsayin shugaban kungiyar masu fada a ji, kungiyar Vatican da ke da alhakin nada mafi yawan bishop a duk duniya, matsayin da ya sanya shi cikin jerin sunayen Paparoma da dama.
Prevost ya karbi ragamar mulki ne daga hannun Francis, wanda ya rasu a ranar 21 ga Afrilu yana da shekaru 88, kwana guda bayan jagorantar taron Easter a dandalin St. Peter. Asalin sunan Jorge Mario Bergoglio a Argentina, Francis ya shahara saboda kasancewarsa Jesuit na farko kuma Fafaroma na farko daga Latin Amurka.
Babban taron na baya-bayan nan ya hada masu zabe na Cardinal 133, tare da mafi karancin kuri’u 89 da suka wajaba don zaben. An zabi Leo XIV a rana ta biyu ta taron, bisa tsarin zamani: An zabi Francis bayan zagaye na zabe biyar, yayin da aka zabi Benedict XVI bayan hudu.
Wani babban Cardinal ya sanar da labarin daga loggia na St. Peter's tare da al'ada "Habemus papam!" kafin Leo XIV ya fito don yin jawabi ga jama'a.
