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Karl-Josef Rauber was born on 11 April, 1934 in Nuremberg, Germany, is a German cardinal (1934–2023). Discover Karl-Josef Rauber's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 11 April 1934
Birthday 11 April
Birthplace Nuremberg, Germany
Date of death 26 March, 2023
Died Place Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1934

Karl-Josef Rauber (11 April 1934 – 26 March 2023) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an apostolic nuncio from 1982 until his retirement in 2009.

1950

After graduating from St.-Michaels-Gymnasium of Metten Abbey in 1950, Rauber studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Mainz.

1959

On 28 February 1959, he was ordained in Mainz Cathedral by Bishop Albert Stohr.

1962

He was a chaplain in Nidda and in 1962 earned a doctoral degree in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

At the same time, he attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

1966

At the State Secretariat beginning in 1966, Rauber was one of four secretaries of the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Giovanni Benelli.

He was primarily responsible for the German-speaking territories.

1976

Pope Paul VI awarded him on 22 December 1976 the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.

1977

In 1977 he was Nuntiaturrat in Belgium and Luxembourg and 1981 in Greece.

1982

On 18 December 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Iubaltiana and pro-nuncio to Uganda.

1983

Pope John Paul II also consecrated him as bishop on 6 January 1983.

Co-consecrators were the ex officio in the Vatican Secretariat of State, Eduardo Martínez Somalo and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy.

His motto was "Caritas Christi urget nos" (The love of Christ drives us, also sometimes translated as The love of Christ impels us ).

1990

On 22 January 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed Rauber as President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, a post he held until 16 March 1993.

1991

In 1991, he was assigned to investigate the problems encountered in the Diocese of Chur by Bishop Wolfgang Haas.

1993

He continued to have responsibility for that troubled diocese when he returned to the diplomatic service of the Holy See when he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland on 16 March 1993 and to Liechtenstein on 17 April 1993.

Though Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, criticized him for failing to support Haas against his critics, Rauber's solution, moving Haas to Liechtenstein, proved effective and long-lasting.

1997

His next appointment was on 25 April 1997 as Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary and Moldova.

2003

On 22 February 2003, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg.

When the Church leadership in Rome passed over his recommendation of three candidates for the position of Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Pope Benedict XVI named André-Joseph Léonard to the position instead, Rauber objected publicly and described Léonard as wholly unsuited for the appointment.

2009

Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation for reasons of age in 2009.

2015

He was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.

At that ceremony, he was created Cardinal-Deacon of the titular church of Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia.

His appointment was called "surprising", and Bayerischer Rundfunk reported "much speculation that perhaps Francis deliberately wanted to honor a man who did not always have an easy time with the Roman system".

Rauber died in Rottenburg near Tübingen, on 26 March 2023, at the age of 88.

He had lived there in retirement with the Schoenstatt sisters.

He had been in poor health for several years and was weakened by the COVID-19 virus in 2022.