Joachim Meisner

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German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal (1933-2017)

Germany Religious FiguresLived 1933 to 2017 · aged 83

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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.

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From left to right: Karl Lehmann, Gerhard Schaffran, Joseph Ratzinger (future pope), and Meisner in Dresden, 1987

Awards 8

2015USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights

2014Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

2005honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin

2003Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1998Order of the White Lion 3rd Class

1996honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław

1992Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

1990Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Connected to Joachim 6

Roman HerzogAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław

Vladimir Kara-MurzaAlso won USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights

Karel SchwarzenbergAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Carlos I of PortugalAlso won Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

Tadeusz KutrzebaAlso won Order of the White Lion 3rd Class

Józef GlempAlso won honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin

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