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Kurt Koch

Cardinal of the Catholic Church

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Born: 1950
Works: 44

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Gottes Freude und Freude an Gott
Erfahrungen der Zärtlichkeit Gottes
Gerechtigkeit, Friede, Schöpfungsbewahrung
Chrystyjany v Ėvropi
Christsein in einem neuen Europa

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Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1962

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5 total works indexed

The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 61,606x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,226x
A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
· 2006 · cited 27,817x
Multilayer feedforward networks are universal approximators
· 1989 · cited 17,908x
Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
· 2004 · cited 10,236x

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Key facts

Church: Roman Catholic Church
Appointed: 1 July 2010
Predecessor: Walter Kasper
Other posts: President of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews (2010-), Cardinal-Priest 'pro hac vice' of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2021-)
Previous posts: Bishop of Basel (1996–2010), President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference (2006-09), Apostolic Administrator of Basel (2010), Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (2010-21)
Ordination: 20 June 1982, by Otto Wüst
Consecration: 6 January 1996, by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal: 20 November 2010, by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank: Cardinal-Deacon (2010-21), Cardinal-Priest (2021-)
Born: Kurt Koch , ( 1950-03-15 ) 15 March 1950 (age 76) , Emmenbrücke , Switzerland
Denomination: Catholic ( Roman Rite )

Article

Kurt Koch (born 15 March 1950) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since November 2010 and president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity since 1 July 2010. He was the bishop of Basel from 1996 until 2010.

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