Walter kasper biography
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Walter Kasper
| German Cardinal Date of Birth: 05.03.1933 Country: Germany |
Content:
- Cardinal Walter Kasper
- Early Life and Ordination
- Academic Career
- Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
- Cardinalate
- Resignation and Retirement
- Liberal Perspectives
Cardinal Walter Kasper
Walter Kasper is a German Cardinal who served as Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart from 1989 to 1999 and President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 2001 to 2010.
Early Life and Ordination
Kasper was born on March 3, 1933, in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany.
Walter kasper biography
He studied philosophy and theology in Tübingen and Munich and was ordained a priest on April 6, 1957.
Academic Career
Kasper taught theology at the University of Tübingen and the University of Münster. In 1969, he became Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Münster.
He served as professor of dogmatic theology and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Tübingen from 1970 onw