Wilhelm Kempf (bishop)
Wilhelm Kempf | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Limburg | |
Relief in the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus, Wiesbaden | |
| Church | Catholic |
| See | Limburg |
| In office | 1949–1981 |
| Predecessor | Ferdinand Dirichs |
| Successor | Franz Kamphaus |
| Previous post(s) | Heilig Geist, Frankfurt |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 25 July 1949 by Joseph Frings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1906 |
| Died | 9 October 1982 (aged 76) Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany |
| 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.