Joachim Meisner
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His Eminence Joachim Meisner |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cologne | |
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| Church | Cologne Cathedral |
| Archdiocese | Cologne |
| Province | Cologne |
| Metropolis | Cologne |
| See | Cologne |
| Appointed | 20 December 1988 |
| Installed | 12 February 1989 |
| Term ended | 28 February 2014 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Höffner |
| Successor | Rainer Maria Woelki |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana |
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| Ordination | 22 December 1962 by Josef Freusberg |
| Consecration | 17 May 1975 by Hugo Aufderbeck |
| Created Cardinal | 2 February 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Joachim Meisner |
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25 December 1933 Breslau, Prussia, German Reich |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Cologne |
Joachim Meisner (born 25 December 1933) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is 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 is widely considered to be Germany's leading conservative Catholic figure.
Meisner was born in Breslau, which was then part of Germany, but is now known as Wrocław in southwestern Poland. He studied at the seminary of Erfurt from 1959 to 1962, and was ordained a deacon on 8 April 1962. On 22 December 1962, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Josef Freusberg, an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fulda.
Between 1963 and 1975, Meisner served as chaplain at St. Giles Parish in Heiligenstadt and Holy Cross Parish in Erfurt. He also served as diocesan director of Caritas. During his pastoral ministry, he furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received his doctorate of theology in 1969.
In 1975, he was elected titular Bishop of Vina and auxiliary bishop to the Apostolic Administrator Erfurt-Meiningen. He was elected as a delegate to the Fourth Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 1977, where he renewed a friendship with Karol Wojtyła. After Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope John Paul II, he appointed Meisner Bishop of Berlin in 1980, and made him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana in the consistory of 2 February 1983.
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