What is Joachim Meisner?
[[File:Empfang für Joachim Kardinal Meisner - Abschied aus dem Amt nach 25 Jahren-7066 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Meisner in 2014]] '''Joachim Meisner''' (25 December 1933 – 5 July 2017) was a German Cardinal of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was born in [[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Germany]] (modern Wrocław, [[Poland]]).<ref name=vatican>{{cite news|work=[[Holy See]]|title=MEISNER Card. Joachim|url=http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_meisner_j_en.html}}</ref> Meisner was the immediate past [[List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne|Archbishop of Cologne]], serving from 1989 until his resignation was accepted by [[Pope Francis]] in 2014. He previously served as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin|Bishop of Berlin]] from 1980 to 1989, and was created a cardinal in 1983. He was widely considered to be Germany's leading conservative [[Roman Catholic]] figure.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news|date=5 July 2011|work=Reuters|title=Daniel-in-lion's-den moment for new Catholic archbishop of free-wheeling Berlin|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/07/05/daniel-in-lions-den-moment-for-new-catholic-archbishop-of-free-wheeling-berlin|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710084649/http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/07/05/daniel-in-lions-den-moment-for-new-catholic-archbishop-of-free-wheeling-berlin/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meisner died on 5 July 2017 while vacationing in [[Bad Füssing]] in [[Bavaria]] of [[cardiac arrest]], aged 83.<ref>{{cite news | work = Washington Post | agency = Associated Press | access-date = 5 July 2017 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/joachim-meisner-retired-cologne-archbishop-dies-at-83/2017/07/05/f7468116-6158-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html | date = 5 July 2017 | title = Joachim Meisner, retired Cologne archbishop, dies at 83 | archive-date = 5 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705095622/https://www.washingtonpost.com/