Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.

Just before she was ordained in 1977 as the first female priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Phebe Lewald graced her bishop with a small gift. “I gave him a pair of purple woolen soc… ...

On this anniversary, celebrated in the company of the seminar that was a decisive step on my path to the priesthood, I give thanks to Jesus, our great high priest, for those companions along the way.

According to Vatican News, the commemorative holy card for his ordination includes an image of the Last Supper, taken from 15th-century Russian iconography, and words from St. Augustine.