Friedrich Wetter
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Friedrich Wetter is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Friedrich Wetter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2544661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Wetter Context triple: [Archbishop of Munich and Freising, hasHistoricalHolder, Friedrich Wetter]
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A.
Friedrich Wiese
Friedrich Wiese was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded German forces in southern France, including during the Allied invasion known as Operation Dragoon.
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B.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
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C.
Heinrich Dau
Heinrich Dau was the German naval officer who commanded the merchant raider involved in the World War II Altmark Incident.
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D.
Karl Georg Hornschuch
Karl Georg Hornschuch was a 19th-century German botanist and bryologist known for his significant contributions to the study and classification of mosses.
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E.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Friedrich Wetter Target entity description: Friedrich Wetter is a German cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising in the late 20th century.
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A.
Friedrich Wiese
Friedrich Wiese was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded German forces in southern France, including during the Allied invasion known as Operation Dragoon.
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B.
Friedrich Bonte
Friedrich Bonte was a German Kriegsmarine officer and flotilla leader who commanded the German destroyer forces during the early World War II naval operations in Norway.
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C.
Heinrich Dau
Heinrich Dau was the German naval officer who commanded the merchant raider involved in the World War II Altmark Incident.
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D.
Karl Georg Hornschuch
Karl Georg Hornschuch was a 19th-century German botanist and bryologist known for his significant contributions to the study and classification of mosses.
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E.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cardinal
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Theology ⓘ |
| appointedArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising | 1982-10-28 ⓘ |
| appointedBishopOfSpeyer | 1968-05-28 ⓘ |
| consecratedBy | Hermann Volk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Federal Republic of Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| createdCardinal | 1985-05-25 ⓘ |
| createdCardinalBy | Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-02-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfOrdination | 1953-10-10 ⓘ |
| diocese |
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontifical Gregorian University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising | 2007-02-02 ⓘ |
| episcopalConsecrationDate | 1968-06-29 ⓘ |
| familyName | Wetter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Cardinal-Priest of San Stefano al Monte Celio ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Eminence ⓘ |
| installedAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising | 1982-12-12 ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Rome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
College of Cardinals
ⓘ
Conference of German Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork | pastoral leadership in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| ordainedBy | Joseph Wendel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1993 World Youth Day
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1994 Synod of Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ 1998 Synod of Bishops NERFINISHED ⓘ 2005 papal conclave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Landau in der Pfalz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishop of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ cardinal-priest of San Stefano al Monte Celio ⓘ |
| predecessorAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreising | Joseph Ratzinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| residence | Munich ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| succeededAsArchbishopOfMunichAndFreisingBy | Reinhard Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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