Joachim Meisner
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Joachim Meisner (25 December 1933 – 5 July 2017) was a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was born in Breslau, Germany (modern Wrocław, Poland).[1]
Meisner 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. He was widely considered to be Germany's leading conservative Roman Catholic figure.[2]
Meisner died on 5 July 2017 while vacationing in Bad Füssing in Bavaria of cardiac arrest, aged 83.[3]
Joachim Meisner Media
From left to right: Karl Lehmann, Gerhard Schaffran, Joseph Ratzinger (future pope), and Meisner in Dresden, 1987
Wappen des Kurfürstentums und Erzstiftes bzw. Fürsterzbistums Köln
Wappen Bistum/Erzbistum Berlin Ausschnitt
References
- ↑ "MEISNER Card. Joachim". Holy See. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_meisner_j_en.html.
- ↑ "Daniel-in-lion's-den moment for new Catholic archbishop of free-wheeling Berlin". Reuters. 5 July 2011. http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/07/05/daniel-in-lions-den-moment-for-new-catholic-archbishop-of-free-wheeling-berlin. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ↑ "Joachim Meisner, retired Cologne archbishop, dies at 83". Washington Post. 5 July 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/joachim-meisner-retired-cologne-archbishop-dies-at-83/2017/07/05/f7468116-6158-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html. Retrieved 5 July 2017.