The Archbishop of Cologne, Joachim Cardinal Meisner, speaking to people as he leaves Cologne Cathedral after a service.
Joachim Cardinal Meisner born 25 December 1933 is a Cardinal priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church Born in Breslau Wroclaw Lower Silesia Meisner studied at the seminary of Erfurt earning a doctorate in theology Ordained a priest in 1962 he pastored in Germany In 1975 he was elected titular Bishop of Vina and auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt He was elected as a delegate to the Fourth Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in 1977 where he renewed a friendship with Karol Cardinal Wojtyla After Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II he appointed Meisner Bishop of Berlin in 1980 and proclaimed him Cardinal in the consistory of 2 February 1983 with the title Cardinal Priest of S Pudenziana In 1988 after the death of Joseph Cardinal Höffner Meisner was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Cologne a post he continues to hold He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI
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