Friedrich Wetter

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Friedrich Wetter is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising in the late 20th century.

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Friedrich Wetter canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
human
academicDegree Doctor of Theology
appointedArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising 1982-10-28
appointedBishopOfSpeyer 1968-05-28
consecratedBy Hermann Volk
countryOfCitizenship Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany

Germany
createdCardinal 1985-05-25
createdCardinalBy Pope John Paul II
dateOfBirth 1928-02-20
dateOfOrdination 1953-10-10
diocese Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Diocese of Speyer
educatedAt Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum
Pontifical Gregorian University
University of Munich
endTimeAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising 2007-02-02
episcopalConsecrationDate 1968-06-29
familyName Wetter
givenName Friedrich
hasTitle Cardinal-Priest of San Stefano al Monte Celio
honorificPrefix His Eminence
installedAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising 1982-12-12
livedIn Rome
Speyer
memberOf College of Cardinals
Conference of German Bishops
nativeLanguage German
notableWork pastoral leadership in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
occupation Catholic priest
theologian
university teacher
ordainedBy Joseph Wendel
participatedIn 1993 World Youth Day
1994 Synod of Bishops
1998 Synod of Bishops
2005 papal conclave
placeOfBirth Landau in der Pfalz
Rhineland-Palatinate
Weimar Republic
positionHeld Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Bishop of Speyer
cardinal-priest of San Stefano al Monte Celio
predecessorAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising Joseph Ratzinger
linked to: Pope Benedict XVI
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Munich
sexOrGender male
succeededAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreisingBy Reinhard Marx

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