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The CHC notes Creole people share a history of “resilience in the face of enslavement, racial discrimination and pressures to assimilate culturally.” What do we know about the pope’s ancestry?
All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census records.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has Creole roots. That is raising awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity in America.
While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.
The pope's maternal grandparents are described as Black or a person of mixed white and Black ancestry in historical documents dug up by New Orleans-based genealogist Jari Honora.