Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg

Diocese of Limburg Dioecesis Limburgensis
Limburg Cathedral
Location
Country	Germany
Ecclesiastical province	Cologne
Metropolitan	Limburg, Hesse
Statistics
Area	6,182 km2 (2,387 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	693,230 (29.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 August 1821
Cathedral	Limburg Cathedral
Patron saint	St. George
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst Bishop of Limburg
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joachim Meisner Archbishop of Cologne
Auxiliary Bishop	Thomas Löhr
Emeritus Bishops	Franz Kamphaus
Map
Website
bistumlimburg.de

The Diocese of Limburg is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany.

It was erected in 1821 from the Diocese of Trier and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The Holy Cross Church in Bornheim, Frankfurt am Main, is a part of the diocese. The current bishop is Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst who was appointed in 2007.

Ordinaries

• Jakob Brand † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 26 Oct 1833 Died)
• Johann Wilhelm Bausch † (8 Jan 1834 Appointed - 9 Apr 1840 Died)
• Peter Joseph Blum † (20 Jan 1842 Appointed - 30 Dec 1884 Died)
• Johannes Christian Roos † (19 Feb 1885 Appointed - 2 Jun 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau)
• Karl Klein † (25 Sep 1886 Appointed - 6 Feb 1898 Died)
• Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. † (15 Jun 1898 Appointed - 6 Jan 1913 Died)
• Augustinus Kilian † (22 Jan 1913 Appointed - 30 Oct 1930 Died)
• Antonius Hilfrich † (30 Oct 1930 Succeeded - 5 Feb 1947 Died)
• Ferdinand Dirichs † (24 Sep 1947 Appointed - 27 Dec 1948 Died)
• Wilhelm Kempf † (3 May 1949 Appointed - 10 Aug 1981 Retired)
• Franz Kamphaus (3 May 1982 Appointed - 2 Feb 2007 Retired)
• Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (28 Nov 2007 Appointed - )