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Order in College: |
Cardinal Priest |
| With Title:
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S. Giuseppe all' Aurelio |
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Native Country: |
Germany |
| Appointed by:
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John Paul II
on 28 June 1991 |
| Ecclesiastical
Office:
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Archbishop of Berlin |
| Papal Elector:
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Eligible;
Ineligible on
9 February 2016 |
Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky was born on February 9, 1936, in Warlack, Germany. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1960. In 1989, he began serving as vicar general to the apostolic administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen. He was ordained bishop of Berlin on September 9, 1989. On June 28, 1991, he was created a cardinal, and assigned the titular church of St. Joseph (all'Aurelio). On June 27, 1994, he became
Archbishop of Berlin, and continues to serve as such. He is a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Council for Migrants and Itinerant People. |
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