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He was Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, from 1977 until 1982.
He was ordained in 1977.
He became archbishop of Munich and Freising on March 24th, 1977.
Pope Benedict XVI picked Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan to lead the New York Archdiocese
His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, made Josef Razinger the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich on 27 June 1977.
He was consecrated archbishop on May 28, 1977. He was never a bishop.
He was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 1977 by Pope Paul VI, and created a Cardinal that same year.
On May 28, 1977, Josef Ratzinger was consecrated Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany. A month later he wasa elevated to a cardinal.
The Pope is the archbishop of the Diocese of Rome.
There is no such person as the Pope of the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II is Supreme Governor of the Church of England The head of the Church of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols. He was appointed the eleventh Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI was the 265th pope.