Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki

Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney

Motto: Nos Sumus Testes

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1956		Born
14 Jun 1985	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Feb 2003	46.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Feb 2003	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Scampa
30 Mar 2003	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Scampa
2 Jul 2011	54.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
27 Aug 2011	55.0	Installed	Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
18 Feb 2012	55.5	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	55.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney
30 Jun 2012	55.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Maria Vianney
11 Jul 2014	57.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
20 Sep 2014	58.0	Installed	Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

MicroData Summary
Rainer Maria Woelki
Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki
(born 18 Aug 1956)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Köln-Mühlheim, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Joseph Cardinal Höffner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Consecrator:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Klaus Dick †
Titular Bishop of Guzabeta
Bishop Norbert Trelle
Titular Bishop of Egnatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joachim Cardinal Meisner † (1975)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt (2011)
Bishop Rolf Steinhäuser (2016)
Bishop Georg Bätzing (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Heiner Koch (2006)
Archbishop Stefan Heße (Hesse) (2015)
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Köln-Mühlheim, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Köln, Archdiocese of Köln {Cologne}

External Link(s):

VIAF: 86140088
WikiData: Q45201

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Jul 2011
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1g30: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 21 Jun 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 170, Number 14,360
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 171, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 11 Jul 2014
i: CB, 7 Sep 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: AM, 9 Feb 2019

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