Joachim Cardinal Meisner †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1933		Born
8 Apr 1962	28.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
22 Dec 1962	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
17 Mar 1975	41.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
17 Mar 1975	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vina
17 May 1975	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vina
22 Apr 1980	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
17 May 1980	46.3	Installed	Bishop of Berlin, Germany
2 Feb 1983	49.1	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Feb 1983	49.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
20 Dec 1988	54.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
12 Feb 1989	55.1	Installed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Feb 2014	80.1	Retired	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
5 Jul 2017	83.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Joachim Meisner
Joachim Cardinal Meisner
(born 25 Dec 1933, died 5 Jul 2017)
Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}

Consistory - 1983: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Breslau-Lissa, Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
Ordained Deacon St. Marien, Church, Neuzelle
Ordained Priest Sankt Marien, Cathedral, Erfurt, Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen
Ordained Bishop Sankt Marien, Cathedral, Erfurt, Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen
Death Place Bad Füssing

a priest for 54.5 years
a bishop for 42.1 years
a cardinal for 34.4 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Ferdinand de Piontek †
Titular Bishop of Barca
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Josef Freusberg †
Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Epiro
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck †
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †
Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
Bishop Georg Weinhold †
Titular Bishop of Idicra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Arca in Phoenicia
Archbishop Alfred Bengsch † (1959)
Bishop of Berlin
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner † (1948)
Bishop of Berlin
Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb † (1935)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Matthias Heinrich (1980)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Matthias Heinrich (1981)
Bishop Thomas Maria Renz (1984)
Bishop Stefan Zekorn (1984)
Archbishop Stefan Heße (Hesse) (1993)
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf (1993)
Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (1993)
Father Stephan Lipke, S.J. (2002)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joachim Wanke (1980)
Bishop Wolfgang Weider † (1982)
Bishop Norbert Trelle (1992)
Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann (1992)
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff (1995)
Bishop Manfred Melzer † (1995)
Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki (2003)
Archbishop Heiner Koch (2006)
Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp (2012)
Bishop Ansgar Puff (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Reinhard Hauke (2005)
Bishop Matthias Heinrich (2009)
Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich, S.J. (2011)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Breslau-Lissa, Archdiocese of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
Ordained Deacon	St. Marien, Church, Neuzelle
Ordained Priest	Sankt Marien, Cathedral, Erfurt, Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen
Ordained Bishop	Sankt Marien, Cathedral, Erfurt, Apostolic Administration of Erfurt-Meiningen
Death Place	Bad Füssing

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Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Feb 2014
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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