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Updated: Oct 17, 2014
By CNN Library
(CNN) — Here’s an in-depth look at the life of Cardinal Bernard Francis Law.
Personal:
Birth date: November 4, 1931
Birth place: Torreon, Mexico
Birth name: Bernard Francis Law
Father: Bernard Law, an Air Force colonel
Mother: Helen Law
Education: Harvard University, B.A. 1953
Timeline:
1953 – Does postgraduate studies at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Louisiana and at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.
May 21, 1961 – Ordained as a priest in the Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, diocese.
1968 – Serves as executive director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Ecumenical and Interracial Affairs in Washington, DC.
1971 – Law is named vicar general of the Natchez-Jackson diocese.
December 5, 1973 – Is made bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese in southern Missouri.
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