Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien

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Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O'Brien (born March 17th, 1938 in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is the current Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland.

1 Biography
2 Involvement in secular political issues
3 Reference
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Styles of Keith Cardinal O'Brien

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Saint Andrews and Edinburgh

He was ordained a Priest on 3 April 1965. He undertook further studies at Edinburgh University in chemistry and mathematics. He was appointed Rector of St. Mary's College, Blairs, Aberdeen, a Minor Seminary.

On 5 August 1985, he was ordained Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1996 until 1999 he served as apostolic administrator of Argyll and The Isles.

He was created a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003 with the title of Cardinal Priest of Sts Joachim and Anne in Tuscolano.

O'Brien was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

[edit] Involvement in secular political issues

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In an interview with the University of St Andrews philosopher Professor John Haldane, published in the Catholic Herald in October 2006, Cardinal O'Brien stated that he would be "happy" if Scots voted for independence, and predicted that independence is coming "before too long". He drew parallels with the independence of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland: "it is difficult to argue that ecclesiastical independence is acceptable but political independence is not".^[1]