Walter BrandmullerCardinal Walter Brandmüeller (1929- ), former President of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences, was born in the Federal Republic of Germany. He was ordained a priest on July 26, 1953 and earned a doctorate in theology in 1963. In 1971, e taught medieval and modern church history at the University of Augusburg and continued until 1997, during the same period he served as parish priest in Walleshausen. In June 1998, he was appointed president of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences and retired in December 2009. In 2001, he was elected president of the International Commission for Comparative Ecclesiastical History. He is a world renowned scholar of church history and has published many books and articles, on the Crusades, on the Spanish Inquisition and on the Reformation. In November 2010, he was ordained bishop and appointed titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Benedict XVI in the consistory of November 2 Read More Read Less