Walter Brandmüller


Walter Brandmüller
Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed20 November 2010 (as Cardinal-Deacon)
3 May 2021 (as Cardinal-Priest)
Installed6 March 2011
PredecessorJan Pieter Schotte
Previous post(s)President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (1998-2009)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania (2010)
Orders
Ordination26 July 1953
by Joseph Otto Kolb
Consecration13 November 2010
by Raffaele Farina
Created cardinal20 November 2010
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Deacon (2010-21)
Cardinal-Priest (2021-)
Personal details
Born
Walter Brandmüller

(1929-01-05) 5 January 1929
DenominationCatholic (Latin Church)
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
MottoIgnem in Terram
("(To cast) fire upon the Earth")
Coat of arms
Styles of
Walter Brandmüller
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Walter Brandmüller (born 5 January 1929) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2010. He was president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences from 1998 to 2009.