1. Kurt Koch has been a cardinal since November 2010 and president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity since 1 July 2010.
17 Facts About Kurt Koch
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Kurt Koch was the bishop of Basel from 1996 until 2010.
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Kurt Koch studied theology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and at the University of Lucerne, graduating in 1975 with a Doctor of Theology degree.
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Kurt Koch was ordained to the priesthood on 20 June 1982.
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Kurt Koch was appointed Bishop of Basel on 6 December 1995.
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Kurt Koch received episcopal consecration on 6 January 1996 from John Paul II himself, with Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge Maria Mejia serving as co-consecrators.
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Kurt Koch said the document's reception showed the difference between the ecumenical goals of Catholics and the Orthodox on the one hand and that of Protestants on the other.
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Kurt Koch was President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference from 2007 until 2010.
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Kurt Koch is a member of the Swiss Council of Religions.
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On 29 December 2010, Kurt Koch was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
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Kurt Koch headed the Vatican's delegation to Istanbul, Turkey to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch Bartholomew I, for the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle on 30 November 2010.
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Kurt Koch co-presided over a meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in Vienna, Austria in September 2010 with Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergamon.
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Kurt Koch noted that "All the doctrinal decisions of the church are binding on a Catholic, including the Second Vatican Council and all its texts", Kurt Koch said when asked if the SSPX would be expected to accept all the teachings of Vatican II.
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Kurt Koch spoke on the theme of "Building on Nostra aetate: 50 Years of Christian-Jewish Dialogue".
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On 30 October 2012, Kurt Koch stated in an interview that, if Lutherans express a wish for an arrangement similar to the personal ordinariates for former Anglicans, the Catholic Church will have to reflect on it, but that the initiative must come from Lutherans.
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Kurt Koch was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
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Kurt Koch was appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops.