Friedrich Wetter Cleric

Friedrich Wetter (born 20 February 1928) is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop Emeritus of Munich and Freising, Germany. His resignation as Metropolitan Archbishop of Munich and Freising was accepted on 2 February 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI, who was Cardinal Wetter's immediate predecessor in that post before going on to become John Paul II'>Pope John Paul II's Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith and then Pope.At age 86, Cardinal Wetter is the oldest living cardinal from Germany.