| LC control no. | n 86825896 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Law, Bernard F., 1931-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Law, Bernard, 1931-2017 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Springfield (Mo.) Cape Girardeau (Mo.) Boston (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1931-11-04 |
| Death date | 2017-12-20 |
| Place of birth | Torreón (Coahuila, Mexico) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Affiliation | Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy) Santa Susanna (Church : Rome, Italy) Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.) Catholic Church. Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau |
| Profession or occupation | Cardinals Bishops Priests |
| Found in | nuc86-42495: His Sunday liturgy, the heart of the parish, c1985 (hdg. on MBtS rept.: Law, Bernard F., 1931- ; usage: Bernard F. Law) LC database, Dec. 20, 2017 (heading: Law, Bernard F., 1931- ; usage: Bernard Law) New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 20, 2017 (in obituary published Dec. 19: Cardinal Bernard F. Law; b. Bernard Francis Law, Nov. 4, 1931, Torreón, Mexico; his father was a United States Air Force colonel, and the boy grew up on military bases in the United States and Latin America; d. Wednesday [Dec. 20, 2017], Rome [hence the difference from date of publication?], aged 86; his stature as Archbishop of Boston and America's senior Roman Catholic prelate was shattered in a maelstrom of scandal, acrimony. and resignation in 2002 after revelations that he had protected abusive priests for years) Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 20, 2017 (Bernard Francis Law; b. Nov. 4, 1931, Torreón, Mexico; d. Dec. 20, 2017, Rome) Catholic-Hierarchy WWW site, viewed Dec. 20, 2017 (Bernard Francis Cardinal Law; b. Nov. 4, 1931; ordained priest, May 21, 1961; appointed Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Oct. 22, 1973; ordained bishop, Dec. 5, 1973; appointed Archbishop of Boston, Jan. 11, 1984; installed, Mar. 23, 1984; elevated to cardinal and appointed Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna, May 25, 1985; resigned as archbishop, Dec. 13, 2002; appointed Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, May 27, 2004; retired as archpriest, Nov. 2011; d. Dec. 20, 2017) |
| Associated language | eng |
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