A new pope has been elected. Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope

A new pope has been elected. Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, has been selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live/pope-leo-xiv-elected-live-updates-after-cardinal-prevost-named-1st-american-pontiff-by-conclave-163452067.html

Prevost, 69, is a Chicago-born cardinal who previously served in Peru for two decades.

 

He has a doctorate from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). The Pope has a doctorate of canon law (1987) from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. His doctoral thesis was titled "The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine".[29] Villanova University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in 2014.[27]

The Angelicum joyfully welcomes the election of our distinguished alumnus, Pope Leo XIV - Angelicum

 

Should be Smith I.

 

The most Common last name in the United States is Smith the First. Since he is the first American Pope.