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German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal
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Joachim Meisner (* December 25, 1933 in Leśnica; † July 5, 2017 in Bad Füssing) was a german cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal. He was 83 years old. He studied at Pontifical Gregorian University. His faith was Catholic Church. He received 7 awards, including Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His cause of death was cardiac arrest. He was buried at Cologne Cathedral.
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9 EventsBorn in Leśnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
1933Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
1992honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław
1996Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2003honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin
2005Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
2014USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights
2015Augustin-Bea-Preis
2016Died in Bad Füssing, Landkreis Passau (cardiac arrest)
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Joachim Meisner. Forever remembered.