Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in Beverly on the South Side.

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a possible frontrunner. Robert Cardinal Prevost is originally from Chicago, and serves as the head of the church's Dicastery for Bishops.