His Eminence Joachim Cardinal Meisner (born 25 December 1933) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), Meisner studied at the seminary of Erfurt, earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained as a priest in 1962, he pastored in Germany. In 1975, he was elected titular Bishop of Vina and auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt. He was elected as a delegate to the Fourth Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 1977, where he renewed a friendship with Pope John Paul II. After Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II, he appointed Meisner Bishop of Berlin in 1980, and proclaimed him Cardinal (Catholicism) in the consistory of 2 February 1983, with the title Cardinal Priest of S Pudenziana. In 1988, Meisner was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Cologne, a post he continues to hold. He was one of the Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005 who participated in the Papal conclave, 2005 that selected Pope Benedict XVI. ==External links== * [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=51 Biography at catholic-pages.com] 1933 births German people Cardinals
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His Eminence Joachim Cardinal Meisner (born 25 December 1933) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), Meisner studied at the seminary of Erfurt, earning a doctorate in theology. Ordained as a priest in 1962, he pastored in Germany. In 1975, he was elected titular Bishop of Vina and auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt. He was elected as a delegate to the Fourth Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 1977, where he renewed a friendship with Pope John Paul II. After Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II, he appointed Meisner Bishop of Berlin in 1980, and proclaimed him Cardinal (Catholicism) in the consistory of 2 February 1983, with the title Cardinal Priest of S Pudenziana. In 1988, Meisner was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Cologne, a post he continues to hold. He was one of the Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005 who participated in the Papal conclave, 2005 that selected Pope Benedict XVI. ==External links== * [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=51 Biography at catholic-pages.com] 1933 births German people Cardinals
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