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Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-04-16 (95 years old)
Deathday
2022-12-31
Place of Birth
Marktl, Weimar Republic [now Germany]
Also known As
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Bishop of Rome
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Ratzinger
Papež Benedikt XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ʔaˈlɔʏzi̯ʊs ˈʁatsɪŋɐ]; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation. Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger embarked on an academic career and established himself as a highly...
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