Born: 5-Mar-1904
Birthplace: Freiburg, Germany
Died: 30-Mar-1984
Location of death: Innsbruck, Austria
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Religion

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Leading Roman Catholic theologian

Perhaps the most influential Roman Catholic theologian of the 20th Century.

Father: Karl Rahner (Gymnasium professor)
Mother: Luise Trescher
Brother: Hugo (b. 1900, d. 1968)

    University: University of Freiburg (attended 1934-36)
    University: ThD, University of Innsbruck (1936)

    Society of Jesus 1922
    Ordained by the Roman Catholic Church 1932

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