death_date consecration other_post created_cardinal_by nationality coat_of_arms article_title birth_date signature archdiocese term_end church death_place title image_size term_start rank image diocese name cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place buried parents motto type ordained_by previous_post appointed successor see ordination
16 october 1987 14 september 1962 cardinal-priest of sant ' andrea della valle paul vi german coat of arms of joseph höffner.svg joseph höffner
 24 december 1906 signatur joseph höffner.jpg cologne 14 september 1987 roman catholic cologne germany cardinal , archbishop of cologne 230px 24 february 1969 cardinal-priest joseph kardinal hoeffner.jpg cologne joseph höffner 28 april 1969 matthias wehr josef frings horhausen germany cologne cathedral paul höffner helene schug justitia et caritas -lrb- justice and charity -rrb- cardinal francesco marchetti-selvaggiani bishop cologne -lrb- 1969 -rrb- of münster -lrb- 1962-1969 -rrb- coadjutor archbishop of 6 january 1969 -lrb- coadjutor -rrb- joachim meisner cologne 30 october 1932
joseph höffner

joseph höffner -lrb- 24 december 1906 -- 16 october 1987 -rrb- was a german cardinal of the roman catholic church .
he served as archbishop of cologne from 1969 to 1987 , and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969 .
