Dianne Bergant

Dianne Bergant is a Roman Catholic sister who has served as President of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. She taught biblical studies to Robert Prevost, who in 2025 became Pope Leo XIV.
In 2024, referring to Pope Francis, she stated that
Bergant, a native of suburban Milwaukee, is a member of the Congregation of Sisters of Saint Agnes, a Roman Catholic order. As of July, 2025, she was living with members of that order in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Referring to the then-newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, she said that