Anders Arborelius
| His Excellency Anders Arborelius | |
|---|---|
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Bishop of Stockholm President of the Scandinavian Bishops Conference | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm |
| Appointed | 17 November 1998 |
| Installed | 29 December 1998 |
| Predecessor | Hubertus Brandenburg |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
8 September 1979 by Hubertus Brandenburg |
| Consecration |
29 December 1998 by Hubertus Brandenburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 September 1949 Sorengo, Switzerland |
| Nationality |
 Swede |
| Motto | In Laudem Gloriae |
| Coat of arms |
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The Right Reverend Anders Arborelius, O.C.D. (born 24 September 1949) became the Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm in 1998.
Early life and ordination
Arborelius was born in Sorengo, Switzerland, of Swedish parents, and grew up in Lund in southern Sweden. He converted to Catholicism at the age of 20 and entered the Discalced Carmelites. He studied in Bruges and Rome and was ordained a priest in 1979.
Bishop
On 17 November 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed Arborelius Bishop of Stockholm and he was consecrated on 29 December 1998 by Bishop Hubert Brandenburg.[1] When he succeeded Brandenburg as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (currently the only Roman Catholic diocese in Sweden and covering the entire country) in 1998, he became the first ethnic Swede and second Scandinavian Roman Catholic bishop since the Reformation. (Most Roman Catholics in Scandinavia since the Reformation, particularly among the clergy, have been immigrants or of immigrant descent such as German, Dutch, Polish, and Italian.) Arborelius takes part in the documentary The Indian Priest about Indian missionary priest Raphael Curian from 2015.
References
External links
- Anders Arborelius at Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- Presentation of Anders Arborelius at the website of the Roman Catholic diocese of Stockholm
- "Our Bishop", a page of letters from Arborelius at the website of the Roman Catholic diocese of Stockholm (in Swedish)