Profile of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of the powerful Dicastery for Bishops, which is responsible for advising the pope on the appointment of new bishops and is considered one of the key Vatican departments. He is also regarded as one of the potential frontrunners to become the next pope. Cardinal Prevost spent years as a missionary in Peru and is the Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo in that South American country. PROFILE OF Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost