Joseph Wendel | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop of Munich and Freising | |
 Joseph Wendel at the final rally of the 77th Deutscher Katholikentag (German Catholic Day) in Cologne, 1956. | |
| Archdiocese | Munich and Freising |
| See | Munich and Freising |
| Appointed | 9 August 1952 |
| Installed | 7 November 1952 |
| Term ended | 31 December 1960 |
| Predecessor | Michael von Faulhaber |
| Successor | Julius August Döpfner |
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| Ordination | 30 October 1927 by Basilio Pompili |
| Consecration | 29 June 1941 by Ludwig Sebastian |
| Created cardinal | 12 January 1953 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | (1901-05-27)27 May 1901 |
| Died | 31 December 1960(1960-12-31) (aged 59) |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | veritati et caritati |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Munich and Freising |
Joseph Wendel (27 May 1901 – 31 December 1960) was a GermanCardinal of theRoman Catholic Church who served asArchbishop of Munich and Freising from 1952 until his death, and was elevated to thecardinalate in 1953 byPope Pius XII.
Joseph Wendel was born inBlieskastel, and studied at theseminary inSpeyer, and the Pontifical German-Hungarian College and thePontifical Gregorian University inRome. From the Gregorian he obtaineddoctorates inphilosophy andtheology. Wendel wasordained to thepriesthood on 30 October 1927, and then didpastoral work in Speyer, also serving as director ofCaritas, until 1941.
On 4 April 1941 he was appointedCoadjutor Bishop ofSpeyer andTitular Bishop ofLebessus. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 29 June from Bishop Ludwig Sebastian, with Bishops Matthias Ehrenfried and Joseph Kolb serving asco-consecrators. Wendel succeeded Sebastian asBishop of Speyer on 20 May 1943, being installed on 4 June that year. DuringWorld War II, he strongly defended the rights of the Church andhumanity.[1] Wendel became known as the "Bishop of Peace" following the war because of his efforts to restoreWest Germany's good will[2]
Pope Pius XII named himArchbishop of Munich and Freising on 9 August 1952 (three Bishops of Speyer have become Archbishop of Munich and Freising, the others beingMichael von Faulhaber andFriedrich Wetter), and created himCardinal Priest ofS. Maria Nuova in theconsistory of 12 January 1953. On 4 February 1956, Wendel became theApostolic Vicar of the CatholicMilitary Ordinariate of Germany. He was one of thecardinal electors in the1958 papal conclave, which selectedPope John XXIII. The German prelate also made gestures ofecumenism toProtestants,[3] and organized theInternational Eucharistic Congress inMunich in 1960.
Shortly after delivering his New Year's Eve sermon, Wendel died from aheart attack in Munich, at age 59.[2] He is buried in themetropolitancathedral of that city.
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Speyer 1943–1952 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Munich and Freising 1952–1960 | Succeeded by |
| Vacant Title last held by Franz Josef Rarkowski(1945) | Military vicar of Germany (West) 1956–1960 | Succeeded by |
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