Avery Dulles, American cardinal and theologian (born 1918)

Avery Robert Dulles was an American Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008. He was also an author and lecturer.

December 12 is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year.