Arborelius, Swedish Cardinal
Lars Anders Cardinal Arborelius OCD was born on 24 September 1949. He is the senior-ranking Swedish Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Stockholm since 1998. Pope Francis made him a cardinal, the first ever cardinal from Scandinavia in 2017. He is a member of the Discalced Carmelites.
Arc
St. Jeanne d’Arc du Lis ( St. Joan of Arc)
Arc, Joan enters Orleans
Joan of Arc (1412-1431), enters Orleans victorious on 29 Apr 1429 at age 17 after lifting the siege of Orleans by the English during the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453 ).
Archdiocese of New York
Archdiocese of New York Latin: Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis, the Archdiocese was a diocese erected in 1808 until 1850 when it was elevated to an archdiocese. From 1919 to 1983, the Archbishops of New York held the collateral position of Apostolic Vicar of the Military Vicariate of the United States. It was during this period that Cardinal Spellman served.
Barron, Bishop Robert
Bishop Robert Barron was ordained a priest in 1986 in the Archdiocese of Chicago
Bellarmine
St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J. ( Italian ) Roberto Bellarmino born 4 Oct 1542, the son of noble but impoverished parents
Benedict XVI, Pope
He is the first pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to do so on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294.
Blair, Archbishop
Arms: Or a cross Sable charged in chief with a key and sword in saltire wards and sword point upwards, in base a fleur de lis and in each flank a mullet all Argent; overall on an inescutcheon Gules a lion rampant Or holding in its sinister fore-paw a man’s heart Argent.
Blessed Virgin Mary
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
Bonaventure, St.
St. Bonaventure, Giovanni di Fidanza, Cardinal Bishop of Albano born in 1221 near Viterbo, Italy