Karl-Josef Rauber
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His Eminence Karl-Josef Rauber |
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Rauber in 2007
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| See | Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia |
| Appointed | 22 February 2003 |
| Term ended | 18 June 2009 |
| Predecessor | Pier Luigi Celata |
| Successor | Giacinto Berloco |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia |
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| Ordination | 28 February 1959 by Albert Stohr |
| Consecration | 6 January 1983 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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11 April 1934 (age 83) Nuremberg, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" (The Love of Christ compels us) |
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| Ordination history of Karl-Josef Rauber | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 28 February 1959 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Pope John Paul II |
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Eduardo Martinez Somalo Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy |
| Date of consecration | 6 January 1983 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Francis |
| Date of elevation | 14 February 2015 |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Karl-Josef Rauber (born 11 April 1934) is a cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served as a papal nuncio from 1982 until his retirement in 2009.
After graduating from St.-Michaels-Gymnasium of Metten Abbey in 1950, Rauber studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Mainz. On 28 February 1959, he was ordained in Mainz Cathedral by Bishop Albert Stohr. He was a chaplain in Nidda and in 1962 earned a doctoral degree in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. At the same time, he attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. At the State Secretariat beginning in 1966, Rauber was one of four secretaries of the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Benelli. He was primarily responsible for the German-speaking territories. Pope Paul VI awarded him on 22 December 1976 the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness. In 1977 he was Nuntiaturrat in Belgium and Luxembourg and 1981 in Greece.
On 18 December 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Iubaltiana and pro-nuncio to Uganda. Pope John Paul II also consecrated him as bishop on 6 January 1983. Co-consecrators were the ex officio in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Eduardo Martínez Somalo and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy. His motto is "Caritas Christi urget nos" (The love of Christ drives us).
On 22 January 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed Rauber President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, a post he held until 16 March 1993. In 1991, he was assigned to investigate the problems encountered in the Diocese of Chur by Bishop Wolfgang Haas. In 1993 he returned to the diplomatic service of the Holy See as Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, serving from 16 March 1993 to 25 April 1997, and then as Apostolic Nuncio in Hungary and Moldova from 25 April 1997 to 22 February 2003, and from that date as Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium and Luxembourg. When the Church leadership in Rome passed over his recommendation of three candidates for the position of Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Pope Benedict XVI named André-Joseph Léonard to the position instead, Rauber objected publicly and described Léonard as wholly unsuited for the appointment.
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