Anders Arborelius
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His Excellency Anders Arborelius |
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President of the Scandinavian Bishops Conference |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | |
| Appointed | 17 November 1998 |
| Installed | 29 December 1998 |
| Predecessor | Hubertus Brandenburg |
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| Ordination | 8 September 1979 by Hubertus Brandenburg |
| Consecration | 29 December 1998 by Hubertus Brandenburg |
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| Born |
24 September 1949 Sorengo, Switzerland |
| Nationality |
 Swede
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| Motto | In Laudem Gloriae |
| Coat of arms |  |
Anders Arborelius, (born 24 September 1949) is a Swedish Roman Catholic bishop. He has been the since 1998. On 21st May 2017, Pope Francis announced that he will be made a Cardinal on 28th June 2017, the first ever from Sweden.
Arborelius was born in Sorengo, Switzerland, of Swedish parents, and grew up in Lund in Scania. 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.
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. When he succeeded Brandenburg as the Bishop of –the only Roman Catholic diocese in Sweden, encompassing the entire country–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 Indian Priest (2015), a documentary film about Indian missionary priest Raphael Curian.
On 21 May 2017, Pope Francis anounced he will create Arborelius the first Swedish cardinal on 28 June 2017.
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