Walter Kasper

Styles of
**Walter Kasper**
Styles of; Walter Kasper
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Rottenburg-Stuttgart (Emeritus)

His Eminence

Walter Kasper
His Eminence; Walter Kasper
President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
See	Rottenburg-Stuttgart (Emeritus)
Appointed	3 March 2001
Term ended	1 July 2010
Predecessor	Edward Idris Cassidy
Successor	Kurt Koch
Other post(s)	Cardinal Priest of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova; (2001–2011); Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1999–2001); Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (1989–1999);
Orders
Ordination	6 April 1957; by Carl Joseph Leiprecht
Consecration	17 June 1989; by Oskar Saier
Created cardinal	21 February 2001; by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born	Walter Kasper; 5 March 1933; Heidenheim an der Brenz, Weimar Republic
Nationality	German
Denomination	Catholic Church
Motto	Veritatem in caritate ("truth in charity")
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Walter Kasper (born 5 March 1933) is a German Catholic prelate who served as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 2001 to 2010. He was previously Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart from 1989 to 1999.