Georg Sterzinsky
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His Eminence Georg Sterzinsky |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Berlin |
| See | Berlin |
| Installed | 9 September 1989 |
| Term ended | 24 February 2011 |
| Predecessor | Joachim Meisner |
| Successor | Rainer Woelki |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe all’Aurelio |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1960 by Hugo Aufderbeck |
| Consecration | 9 September 1989 by Joachim Wanke |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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9 February 1936 Warlack East Prussia (Present day Poland) |
| Died | 30 June 2011 (aged 75) Berlin Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Motto | Deus Semper Major (God Ever Greater) |
| Coat of arms |  |
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Styles of Georg Sterzinsky |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Berlin (emeritus) |
Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky (9 February 1936 – 30 June 2011) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop of Berlin.
Sterzinsky was born in Warlack (earlier also Wurlacken, Warlaucken, now Worławki, Olsztyn County), Landkreis Heilsberg, in German East Prussia. He lost his mother as a child and his family took refuge in Thuringia, due to the expulsions following the end of World War II; his homeland of Warmia is now within Poland.
Sterzinsky was ordained a priest in 1960. After serving as a parish priest for fifteen years, he became Vicar General to the Bishop of Erfurt in 1981. In 1989, he himself was appointed Bishop of Berlin and, in 1994, while remaining at the See of Berlin, he was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Berlin.
Sterzinsky was proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all'Aurelio on 28 June 1991. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Sterzinsky's retirement as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin on 24 February 2011, for reasons of age (he had reached the age limit of 75, at which all bishops must write a letter to the Pope, offering to resign if the Pope wants).
No successor was immediately named for Cardinal Sterzinsky upon his retirement, so the Archdiocese of Berlin was a vacant see (sede vacante) at the time. On 2 July 2011, two days after the Cardinal's death, Pope Benedict XVI, named Rainer Maria Woelki as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin.
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