Wilhelm Kempf (bishop)

Wilhelm Kempf
Bishop of Limburg
relief bust of a man
Relief in the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus, Wiesbaden
ChurchCatholic
SeeLimburg
In office1949–1981
PredecessorFerdinand Dirichs
SuccessorFranz Kamphaus
Previous post(s)Heilig Geist, Frankfurt
Orders
Consecration25 July 1949
by Joseph Frings
Personal details
Born(1906-08-10)10 August 1906
Wiesbaden, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died9 October 1982(1982-10-09) (aged 76)
Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Coat of armsWilhelm Kempf's coat of arms

Wilhelm Kempf (10 August 1906 – 9 October 1982) was a German Catholic theologian who served between 1949 and 1981 as Bishop of Limburg. After the Second World War, he introduced the reforms of the Second Vatican Council to his Diocese.[1]

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