Pope Benedict XVI Painted wood carved Statue Religious Statues; (Pope from 24/04/2005 to 28/02/2013).
Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born in Marktl am Inn, in the Diocese of Passau (Federal Republic of Germany), on 16 April 1927. From 1946 to 1951 - the year in which, on June 29, he was ordained a priest and began his teaching career - he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Munich and at the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology in Freising. In 1953 he wrote his dissertation """"People and House of Dion in the Doctrine of the Church of St. Augustine"""", with which he graduated in Theology. Four years later he obtained his free teaching with a work on """"The Theology of the History of St. Bonaventure"""". After having been appointed Professor of Dogmatics and Fundamental Theology at the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising, he continued teaching in Bonn, from 1959 to 1963, in Münster, from 1963 to 1966, and in Tübingen, from 1966 to 1969. In the latter year he became Professor of Dogmatics and History of Dogmas at the University of Regensburg and Vice-President of the same University. Meanwhile, since 1962, he acquired international notoriety by intervening, as theological advisor of the Archbishop of Cologne Cardinal Joseph Frings, at the Second Vatican Council, to which he gave a significant contribution. On March 24, 1977 Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Munich and Freising. On May 28, 1977, he received Episcopal consecration, the first diocesan priest to assume the pastoral governance of the great Bavarian Diocese after 80 years, and finally, in the Consistory of June 27, 1977, he was created Cardinal. In 1981 John Paul II appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Pontifical Commission for International Theology. In 2002, John Paul II approved his election by the Cardinals of the Order of Bishops as Dean of the College of Cardinals. On April 19, 2005, the second day of the conclave, he was elected Pope, the 264th Successor of Peter, with the name Benedict XVI. On February 28, 2013, he renounced the Petrine Ministry.
Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born in Marktl am Inn, in the Diocese of Passau (Federal Republic of Germany), on 16 April 1927. From 1946 to 1951 - the year in which, on June 29, he was ordained a priest and began his teaching career - he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Munich and at the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology in Freising. In 1953 he wrote his dissertation """"People and House of Dion in the Doctrine of the Church of St. Augustine"""", with which he graduated in Theology. Four years later he obtained his free teaching with a work on """"The Theology of the History of St. Bonaventure"""". After having been appointed Professor of Dogmatics and Fundamental Theology at the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising, he continued teaching in Bonn, from 1959 to 1963, in Münster, from 1963 to 1966, and in Tübingen, from 1966 to 1969. In the latter year he became Professor of Dogmatics and History of Dogmas at the University of Regensburg and Vice-President of the same University. Meanwhile, since 1962, he acquired international notoriety by intervening, as theological advisor of the Archbishop of Cologne Cardinal Joseph Frings, at the Second Vatican Council, to which he gave a significant contribution. On March 24, 1977 Paul VI appointed him Archbishop of Munich and Freising. On May 28, 1977, he received Episcopal consecration, the first diocesan priest to assume the pastoral governance of the great Bavarian Diocese after 80 years, and finally, in the Consistory of June 27, 1977, he was created Cardinal. In 1981 John Paul II appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Pontifical Commission for International Theology. In 2002, John Paul II approved his election by the Cardinals of the Order of Bishops as Dean of the College of Cardinals. On April 19, 2005, the second day of the conclave, he was elected Pope, the 264th Successor of Peter, with the name Benedict XVI. On February 28, 2013, he renounced the Petrine Ministry.
