Vatican City, 26 March 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy See Press Office today issued the following communique:
“With reference to the administration
of the diocese of Limburg in Germany, the Congregation for Bishops
has carefully studied the report of the Commission instituted by the
bishop and by the Cathedral Chapter to undertake further
investigations in relation to the responsibility for the construction
of the 'St. Nikolaus' diocesan centre.
Awaiting the diocese of Limburg to
ascertain a situation that impedes the fruitful exercise of his
ministry on the part of Msgr. Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, the Holy
See has accepted the resignation presented by the prelate on 20
October 2013 and has appointed Msgr. Manfred Grothe as apostolic
administrator “sede vacante”.
The former Bishop Tebartz-van Elst will
in due course be assigned a different role.
The Holy Father entreatas the clergy
and faithful of Limburg to accept the decisions of the Holy See with
docility and willingness to rediscover a climate of charity and
reconciliation”.
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