RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Friedrich Wetter

1928 - Today

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Friedrich Wetter (born 20 February 1928) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, from 1982 to 2007. He was Bishop of Speyer from 1968 to 1982. He has been a cardinal since 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wetter is the 1,197th most popular religious figure (up from 1,620th in 2019), the 1,606th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,578th in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Friedrich Wetter ranks 1,197 out of 3,187Before him are Al-Tabarani, Johann Arndt, Raffaele Riario, Begga, Paul Marcinkus, and Santos Abril y Castelló. After him are Henri de Lubac, Didymus the Blind, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, Blase J. Cupich, Shaykh Tusi, and Philippe Ouédraogo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Friedrich Wetter ranks 119Before him are Elliott Erwitt, Paul Elvstrøm, Adam West, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Gene Sharp, and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. After him are Federico Bahamontes, Fumihiko Maki, Gordie Howe, James Earl Ray, Juan María Bordaberry, and Djivan Gasparyan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wetter ranks 1,606 out of 7,253Before him are Rudi Dutschke (1940), Carl Correns (1864), Richard Glücks (1889), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Gustav Landauer (1870), and Wolf Vostell (1932). After him are Karl Korsch (1886), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482), Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746), Gunter Sachs (1932), and Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Friedrich Wetter ranks 41Before him are Arnold Janssen (1837), Henry of Latvia (1187), Günter Guillaume (1927), Johann Eck (1486), George Müller (1805), and Johann Arndt (1555). After him are Jürgen Moltmann (1926), Saint Afra (300), Georg Gänswein (1956), Balthasar Hubmaier (1485), Augustin Bea (1881), and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679).