Background
Meisner, Joachim Cardinal was born on December 25, 1933 in Breslau, Germany. Son of Walter and Hedwig Meisner.
Meisner, Joachim Cardinal was born on December 25, 1933 in Breslau, Germany. Son of Walter and Hedwig Meisner.
Educated, University Erfurt, Pastoral Seminary at Neuzelle.
Ordained priest Diocese of Erfurt-Meiningen, 1962. Chaplain St. Agidien, Heiligenstadt, 1963—1966, St. Crucis, Erfurt, 1966. Rector Diocese of Erfurt, 1966—1976.
Ordained bishop, 1975. Auxiliary bishop Diocese of Erfurt-Meiningen, 1975—1980. Bishop Diocese of Berlin, 1980—1989.
President Berliner Bischofskonferenz, 1982—1989. Elevated to cardinal, 1983. Cardinal-priest S. Pudenziana, since 1983.
Archbishop Archdiocese of Köln (Cologne), Germany, since 1989.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Christian art.