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Walter Kasper
cardinal and bishop of the Catholic Church
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 March 1933
- Place of birth
- Heidenheim an der Brenz
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Kasper
- Sibling
- Hildegard Kasper
- Occupation
- Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, Catholic bishop
- Position held
- cardinal, Roman Catholic Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Awards
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Ring of Honour of the Görres society, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, honorary doctor of Durham University, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University, honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg, honorary doctor of Sofia University, honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame, honorary doctor of Fordham University
- academic degree
- doctorate
- consecrator
- Oskar Saier, Karl Lehmann, Franz Josef Kuhnle
- educated at
- University of Tübingen
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- motto text
- Veritatem in Caritate
- name in native language
- Walter Kasper
- participant in
- 2013 conclave, 2005 conclave
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