Biography kasper walter
- Cardinal Walter Kasper biography.
- Walter Kasper (born 5 March 1933) is a German Catholic cardinal and theologian.
- Walter Kasper is a German Catholic cardinal and theologian.
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For three years he was an assistant to Leo Scheffczyk and Hans Küng before receiving his "habilitation" with a thesis on the philosophy and theology of history in Schilling's later philosophy. He taught dogmatic theology and was dean of the theological faculty in Münster and later in Tübingen.
He was appointed Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on 17 April 1989 and received episcopal consecration on 17 June. In 1994 he was named co-chair of the International Commission for Lutheran/Catholic Dialogue. On 1 June 1999 he was appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
On 3 March 2001 he was named President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Ch
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Kasper, Walter*
Cardinal Walter Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, was born on March 5, 1933 in Heidenheim/Brenz, Germany. He was ordained for the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on April 6, 1957 and holds a doctorate in theology from the Theological Faculty of Tübingen.
For three years he was an assistant to Leo Scheffczyk and Hans Küng before receiving his "habilitation" with a thesis on the philosophy and theology of history in Schilling's later philosophy. He taught dogmatic theology and was dean of the theological faculty in Münster and later in Tübingen.
He was appointed Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart on April 17, 1989 and received episcopal consecration on June 17. In 1994 he was named co-chair of the International Commission for Lutheran/Catholic Dialogue. On June 1, 1999 he was appointed Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
On March 3, 2001 he was named President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Created and proclaimed Card
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Cardinal Walter Kasper
Dr. theol. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Walter Kasper was born 5 March 1933 in Heidenheim on the river Brenz. Following his matriculation in 1952 Kasper studied Catholic theology and Philosophy in Tübingen and Munich. He completed his studies in 1956 and was ordained into the priesthood a year later on 6 April 1957 in Rottenburg. In 1961 he was awarded a doctorate, followed in 1964 by a post-doctoral teaching degree (habilitatus). In the same year Kasper took up a professorship in Dogmatics at the Münster University. In 1970 he transferred to the Eberhard-Karl University in Tübingen. In 1983 he was Guest Professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.
On 4 April 1989 Kasper was elected as successor to Bishop Georg Moser as Bishop of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart Diocese, nominated by Pope John Paul II on 3 March, and consecrated as Bishop on 17 June 1989 in Rottenburg. The consecration was performed by the Archbishop of Freiburg in Breisgau, Oskar Saier. Kasper’s motto is “Veritatem in caritate”. Bishop Kasper was Chairman of the Commission for Inte
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