 Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Joseph Ratzinger was named by Pope John Paul II on 25 November 1981 as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Holy Office and, especially around the sixteenth century, as the Roman Inquisition.He previously became both Archbishop of Munich and Freising and a cardinal in 1977.