Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki
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His Eminence Rainer Maria Woelki |
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| Archdiocese | Cologne |
| Province | Cologne |
| Appointed | 11 July 2014 |
| Installed | 20 September 2014 |
| Predecessor | Joachim Meisner |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney |
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| Ordination | 14 June 1985 by Joseph Höffner |
| Consecration | 30 March 2003 by Joachim Meisner |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Rainer Maria Woelki |
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18 August 1956 Köln-Mühlheim, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Rainer Maria Woelki (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnɒ̯ ˈmaʁˌia ˈvœlkɪ]; born 18 August 1956) is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Cologne since his installation on 20 September 2014 following his appointment by Pope Francis on 11 July to succeed Joachim Meisner in that position. He previously served as Archbishop of Berlin.
Woelki was born on 18 August 1956 in Cologne, one of three children of parents who had been expelled from East Prussia at the end of the Second World War. He studied philosophy and theology at the Theological Faculties of the universities of Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau. On 14 June 1985 Cardinal Joseph Höffner ordained him a priest for the Archdiocese of Cologne.
From 1985 to 1989 he was assistant priest at St Mary's Parish in Neuss. In 1989, he served for a short time as military chaplain in Münster. In 1990, he became private secretary to the Archbishop of Cologne.
From 1997 to 2011, he was Director of the "Collegium Albertinum", a residence for major seminarians of the archdiocese studying at the University of Bonn. In 1999, Pope John Paul II named him a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title of Monsignor. In 2000, he obtained a doctorate in theology, with a thesis on the ecclesiological role of the parish from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
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