Honours and Awards
- Chaplain of His Holiness (1967)
- Prelate of Honour of His Holiness(1976)
- Bundesverdienstkreuz of the Federal Republic of Germany (1981)
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1983)
- Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1989)
- Protonotary apostolic (23 October 1993)
- Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1994)
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class May 2005)
- Honorary citizen of Castel Gandolfo (2008)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2009)
- Pontifikalvesper of Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller of Regensburg Cathedral (25 January 2009 - his 85th birthday)
- Award of the Fondazione Pro Musica e Arte Sacra (Roman foundation for spiritual art and music, 2010)
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