Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst

The Most Reverend Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
Bishop Emeritus of Limburg
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst in 2017
Church	Catholic
See	Limburg
In office	28 November 2007 – 26 March 2014
Predecessor	Franz Kamphaus
Successor	Georg Bätzing
Orders
Ordination	26 May 1985
Consecration	18 January 2004 by Reinhard Lettmann
Personal details
Born	(1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 64) Twisteden, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster
Coat of arms

Styles of Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (born 20 November 1959) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian. He was a vicar and an auxiliary bishop in Münster before becoming the Bishop of Limburg in January 2008. Pope Francis removed him from the exercise of his episcopal office on 23 October 2013 and on 26 March 2014 accepted his resignation as Bishop of Limburg, following a long-standing public dispute about the costs and financing of a diocesan construction project.