Metropolitan Archdiocese of Berlin, Germany

Metropolitan Archbishops of Berlin (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (55)
(2011.07.02 – ...)

Born:	1956.08.18 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.30
Created Cardinal:	2012.02.18

Titular Bishop of Scampa (2003.02.24 – 2011.07.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Köln (Germany) (2003.02.24 – 2011.07.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany) (2011.07.02 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney (2012.02.18 – ...)

Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky
(1994.06.27 – 2011.02.24)

Deus semper major

Born:	1936.02.09 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.09
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	2011.06.30 († 75)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1991.05.28 – 1994.06.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio (1991.06.28 – 2011.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany) (1994.06.27 – 2011.02.24)

Bishops of Berlin (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky
(1991.05.28 – 1994.06.27)

(see above)

Cardinal Joachim Meisner (78)
(1980.04.22 – 1988.12.20)

Spes nostra firma

Born:	1933.12.25 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.17
Created Cardinal:	1983.02.02

Titular Bishop of Vina (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Auxiliary Administrator of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1980.04.22 – 1988.12.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1983.02.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1988.12.20 – ...)

Cardinal Alfred Bengsch
(1962.01.14 – 1979.12.13)

Adjutores gaudi vestri

Born:	1921.09.10 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.06.11
Created Cardinal:	1967.06.26
Died:	1979.12.13 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Tubia (1959.05.02 – 1961.08.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1959.05.02 – 1961.08.16)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1961.08.16 – 1962.01.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1962.01.14 – 1979.12.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia pro hac vice Title (1967.06.29 – 1979.12.13)

Bishop Alfred Bengsch (later Cardinal)
(1961.08.16 – 1962.01.14)

(see above)

Cardinal Julius Döpfner
(1957.01.15 – 1961.07.03)

Prædicamus crucifixum

Born:	1913.08.26 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.14
Created Cardinal:	1958.12.15
Died:	1976.07.24 († 62)

Bishop of Würzburg (Germany) (1948.08.11 – 1957.01.15)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1957.01.15 – 1961.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1958.12.18 – 1976.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1961.07.03 – 1976.07.24)

President of Deutsche Bischofskonferenz (1966 – 1976)

Bishop Wilhelm Weskamm
(1951.06.04 – 1956.08.21)

Ædificare Corpus Christi

Born:	1891.05.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1914.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.11.30
Died:	1956.08.21 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Rhandus (1949.10.12 – 1951.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (Germany) (1949.10.12 – 1951.06.04)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1951.06.04 – 1956.08.21)

Cardinal Konrad von Preysing Lichtenegg-Moos
(1935.07.05 – 1950.12.21)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1880.08.30 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1912.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.10.28
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1950.12.21 († 70)

Bishop of Eichstätt (Germany) (1932.09.09 – 1935.07.05)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1935.07.05 – 1950.12.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agata de’ Goti pro hac vice Title (1946.02.22 – 1950.12.21)

Bishop Nikolaus Bares
(1933.12.21 – 1935.03.01)

Veritas et pax

Born:	1871.01.24 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1895.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.02.24
Died:	1935.03.01 († 64)

Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) (1929.01.15 – 1933.12.21)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) ([1933.10.27] 1933.12.21 – 1935.03.01)

Bishop Christian Schreiber
(1930.08.13 – 1933.09.01)

In caritate Dei

Born:	1872.08.03 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1898.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.09.14
Died:	1933.09.01 († 61)

Bishop of Meißen (Germany) (1921.08.12 – 1930.08.13)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1930.08.13 – 1933.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.07.02 – ...):	Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki (55) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Maria Vianney
Auxiliary Bishop (2009.02.18 – ...):	Bishop Matthias Heinrich (57) Titular Bishop of Thibaris

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