Georg Sterzinsky
His Eminence Georg Sterzinsky | |
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John Paul II | |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 30 June 2011 Berlin Germany | (aged 75)
Nationality | German |
Motto | Deus Semper Major (God Ever Greater) |
Coat of arms |
Styles of Georg Sterzinsky | |
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His Eminence | |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Berlin (emeritus) |
Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky (9 February 1936 – 30 June 2011[1]) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop of Berlin.
Early life
Sterzinsky was born in
.Priest and bishop
Sterzinsky was ordained a priest in 1960. After serving as a parish priest for fifteen years, he became Vicar General to the Bishop of Erfurt in 1981. In 1989, he himself was appointed Bishop of Berlin and, in 1994, he became Archbishop when that see was raised to Archdiocese.
Cardinal
Sterzinsky was proclaimed
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Sterzinsky's retirement as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin on 24 February 2011, for reasons of age (he had reached the age limit of 75) and health.
No successor was immediately named for Cardinal Sterzinsky upon his retirement, so the Archdiocese of Berlin was a vacant see (sede vacante) at the time. Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich was appointed apostolic administrator until a new archbishop was named.
In April 2011 Cardinal Sterzinsky was transferred to a rehabilitation clinic. In May 2011 it was reported that his condition was very serious after he developed pneumonia and had to be brought from the rehabilitation centre back to the hospital. Cardinal Sterzinsky died on 30 June. Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich, expressing his closeness to the people of the Archdiocese and praising Sterzinsky's efforts in serving the people of Berlin during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the transition to a united Germany.
On 2 July 2011, two days after the Cardinal's death, Pope Benedict XVI, named
Views
In November 2004, Sterzinsky criticized the notion of "
References
- ^ "Berliner Erzbischof Sterzinsky gestorben". Berliner Morgenpost. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links
- Bio from the Vatican
- Profile on Catholic Hierarchy