Lima Newsroom, 30 May, 2025 / 4:23 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Leo XIV has updated his personal information for a new Peruvian national identity document (DNI, by its Spanish acronym), according to that country’s National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC, by its Spanish acronym).
According to the Andina news agency, the official Peruvian media outlet, Pope Leo received four RENIEC registrars Friday at the Vatican in a meeting that was not included in the list of audiences released by the Holy See Press Office.
On his previous DNI, Robert Prevost Martínez, the current Pope Leo XIV, had an address in Chiclayo, a city in northern Peru where he was bishop. His new DNI will have his new Vatican address and an updated photograph of the Holy Father, taken Friday by the registrars.
In 2015, the then-bishop of Chiclayo acquired Peruvian nationality and obtained his first DNI. In 2016, he obtained an electronic DNI (with a chip), which does not require renewal due to his age of 69.
With this update, Pope Leo XIV will have the electronic DNI 3.0, which the Peruvian government launched on April 15, and which costs 41 soles, just over $10.
