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Joachim Meisner

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Gender Male
Death6 years ago
Born Wroclaw
Poland
DiedBad Fussing
Germany
Successor Rainer Woelki
SiblingsHubert Meisner
Werner Meisner
Peter Meisner
ParentsWalter Meisner
Hedwig Meisner
Date of birth December 25,1933
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Place of burialCologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
Date of died July 5,2017
Education Pontifical Gregorian University
Creat cardin2 February 1983; by Pope John Paul II
Appoint20 December 1988
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Date of Upd.
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Joachim Meisner was a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the immediate past Archbishop of Cologne, serving from 1989 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis in 2014. He previously served as Bishop of Berlin from 1980 to 1989, and was created a cardinal in 1983.

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