Category:Joachim Meisner

**Joachim Meisner**
	German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal (1933–2017)
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Pronunciation audio	Germanⓘ
Date of birth	25 December 1933; Leśnica (German Reich, Wrocław)
Date of death	5 July 2017; Bad Füssing
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	cardiac arrest;
Place of burial	Cologne Cathedral (2017–);
Country of citizenship	Germany;
Educated at	Pontifical Gregorian University;
Occupation	Catholic priest (1962–); writer; transitional deacon (1962–); archbishop; Christian theologian; Catholic bishop (1975–); Catholic theologian;
Member of	European Academy of Sciences and Arts;
Position held	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne (1988–2014); cardinal (1983–); auxiliary bishop (1975–); Roman Catholic Bishop of Berlin (1980–1988); titular bishop (1975–);
Field of work	Catholic Church; religion;
Award received	Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1992); Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2003); Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1990); Q767512 (2016); USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights (2015); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2014); Order of the White Lion 3rd Class (1998); honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław (1996); honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin (2005); Q139858553 (2011); Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany;
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Deutsch: Joachim Kardinal Meisner (* 25. Dezember 1933 in Breslau, Niederschlesien; † 5. Juli 2017 in Bad Füssing, Niederbayern) war von 1989 bis 2014 Erzbischof von Köln und Metropolit der Kölner Kirchenprovinz. Zuvor war er von 1980 bis 1989 Bischof von Berlin.

English: Joachim Meisner (25 December 1933 - 5. July 2017) was a Cardinal priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church.