Benedikt XVI.
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Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger on 16 April 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria. In 1977, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and made a cardinal. From 1981 until his election as pope in 2005, he served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He was elected pope on 19 April 2005. He announced his resignation on 11 February 2013 and stepped down on 28 February of that year. Benedict XVI died on 31 December 2022.