# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joachim-meisner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:25.691Z

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name: "Joachim Meisner"
slug: "joachim-meisner"
description: "Joachim Meisner was a German Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1989 to 2014. He previously served as Bishop of Berlin from 1980 to 1989, and was created a cardinal in 1983. He was widely considered to be Germany's leading conservative Catholic figure."
tagline: "German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal (1933–2017)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1933-12-25"
deathDate: "2017-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump