Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst

Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization

Note(s): (Delegate for Catechesis)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Nov 1959		Born
26 May 1985	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Münster, Germany
14 Nov 2003	43.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
14 Nov 2003	43.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
18 Jan 2004	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Girus Tarasii
28 Nov 2007	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
20 Jan 2008	48.1	Installed	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
26 Mar 2014	54.3	Resigned	Bishop of Limburg, Germany
5 Dec 2014	55.0	Appointed	Official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
5 Jun 2022	62.5	Appointed	Official of the Dicastery for Evangelization

MicroData Summary for Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
(VIAF: 15630830; WikiData: Q71361)
Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (born 20 Nov 1959) Official of Evangelization

Ad Limina - November 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kevelaer-Twistringen
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster, Germany

Please contact the Bishop through the Dicastery for Evangelization.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Reinhard Lettmann †
Bishop of Münster
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Werner Thissen
Archbishop of Hamburg
Bishop Alfons Demming †
Titular Bishop of Gordus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann † (1973)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg † (1958)
Bishop of Münster
Bishop Michael Keller † (1947)
Bishop of Münster
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Löhr (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stefan Zekorn (2011)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kevelaer-Twistringen
Ordained Bishop	Saint Paul, Cathedral, Münster, Diocese of Münster, Germany

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Number 14,515
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Additions/Corrections (front)
r: Bollettino, 26 Mar 2014

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