Friedrich Wetter
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1928 –
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Who is Friedrich Wetter?
Friedrich Wetter is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop Emeritus of Munich and Freising, Germany. His resignation as Metropolitan Archbishop of Munich and Freising was accepted on 2 February 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI, who was Cardinal Wetter's immediate predecessor in that post before going on to become Pope John Paul II's Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and then Pope.
At age 86, Cardinal Wetter is the oldest living cardinal from Germany.
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- Born
- Feb 20, 1928
Landau - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Pontifical Gregorian University
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on July 23, 2013
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