His Excellency Heiner Koch | |
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| Archbishop of Berlin | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Berlin |
| Appointed | 8 June 2015 |
| Installed | 19 September 2015 |
| Predecessor | Rainer Maria Woelki |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 13 June 1980 |
| Consecration | 7 May 2006 by Joachim Meisner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Heiner Koch 13 June 1954 |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Education | University of Bonn |
| Motto | Gaudete semper Dominus prope ('Rejoice always, the Lord is near') |
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| Styles of Heiner Koch | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Heiner Koch (born 13 June 1954) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Berlin since 2015. He was an auxiliary bishop in Cologne from 2006 to 2013 and Bishop of Dresden-Meissen from 2013 to 2015.