Rainer Woelki

Rainer Maria Woelki is a German Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Cologne since his installation on 20 September 2014 following his election by the Cathedral Chapter to succeed Joachim Meisner in that position. He previously served as Archbishop of Berlin.

18 August 1956

Born on the same birth date (18 August 1956): John Debney • Jon Schwartz (drummer) • Kelly Willard • Sandeep Patil

Born on the same birth day (18 August): Bill Merritt (cricketer) • Bob Woodruff • Brian To'o • Edgar Faure • Elayne Boosler • Everlast • Luc Montagnier • Mahboob Ali Khan • Maia Mitchell • Maxine Brown (soul singer) • Nettie Palmer • Renato Sanches • Sigourney Bandjar • Timothy Geithner • Wally Hickel

Born in the same month (August 1956): Charlie Peacock • Dave Cloud • Dick Lee • Eddie Murray (American football) • Jon Schwartz (drummer) • Kirk Brandon • Mark Mangino • Pierre-Louis Lions • Rusty Wallace • Sandeep Patil • Skipp Sudduth • Valgerd Svarstad Haugland