First Swedish bishop since the Reformation to be made a cardinal
by Carol Glatz
posted Thursday, 25 May 2017
Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius of Stockholm is Sweden’s only Catholic bishop and the first native Swede to hold the post since the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.
He was also the first Swede to be named a bishop in more than 400 years when he was named by St John Paul II to lead the country’s lone diocese in 1998.
Now, Pope Francis will make him the first cardinal in Sweden’s history when he is formally inducted into the College of Cardinals June 28 along with new cardinals from Mali, Spain, Laos and El Salvador.
“It’s really a historical event and I think it’s typical of Pope Francis that he looks to those parts of the world that are far away – other cardinals were named for the first time for Laos and for Mali – so he wants to encourage those minorities scattered all over the world and show that they are important in God’s eyes and in the eyes of the Church even if they are very small realities,” the cardinal-designate told Vatican Radio.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/05/25/first-swedish-bishop-since-the-reformation-is-to-be-made-a-cardinal/
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