Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst

Bishop of Limburg

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Nov 1959		Born	Kevelaer-Twistringen
26 May 1985	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
14 Nov 2003	44.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
14 Nov 2003	44.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
18 Jan 2004	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
28 Nov 2007	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
20 Jan 2008	48.2	Installed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Limburg.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Werner Thissen
Bishop Alfons Demming

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (2004)
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann (1973)
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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