Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Woelki akaberekwa musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu 1956 muCologne, mumwe wevana vatatu vevabereki vakanga vadzingwa kubva kuEast Prussia
pakapera Hondo Yenyika II. Akadzidza uzivi uye zvechitendero paTheological Faculties yemayunivhesiti eBonn neFreiburg im Breisgau. Musi wa 14 June 1985 Cardinal Joseph Höffner akamugadza somupristi weArchdiocese yeCologne.