Ferdinand Dirichs

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This memorial stone was initially set up at the accident site and is now at the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Idstein

Ferdinand Dirichs (born November 24, 1894 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 27, 1948 near Idstein ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Limburg from 1947 to 1948 .

Life

Dirichs received on 23 December 1922 Frankfurt Cathedral in Frankfurt the sacrament of Holy Orders . During the Third Reich he was a diocesan youth minister and an outspoken opponent of the regime .

After the death of Bishop Antonius Hilfrich Dirichs was in 1947 by Pope Pius XII. appointed as his successor and as the Pontifical Commissioner for the Pastoral Care of the Expellees . He was ordained bishop on November 21, 1947 by Cardinal Joseph Frings ; Co- consecrators were Johannes Baptist Dietz , Bishop of Fulda , and Albert Stohr , Bishop of Mainz .

Dirichs died after only one year in office in a traffic accident on the federal highway 3 near Idstein .

H. Pabst: Dr. Ferdinand Dirichs, Bishop of Limburg †. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 1 (1949) pp. 356–361.
Klaus Schatz : History of the Diocese of Limburg (= sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine church history 48). Wiesbaden 1983.
Christoph Waldecker : Doors of honor, flowers and flags. The greetings of the bishops by Limburg citizens. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 61 (2009), pp. 253–288.
Martina Wagner: ... that they see the establishment of an episcopal seat and seminarium in this city as a real benefit. Limburg as a bishopric. In: Limburg in the flow of time. Highlights from 1100 years of city history. Limburg 2010, pp. 309–330 (= contributions to the history of the district town of Limburg ad Lahn 1).

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predecessor	Office	successor
Antonius Hilfrich	Bishop of Limburg 1947–1948	Wilhelm Kempf

personal data
SURNAME	Dirichs, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German clergyman, Bishop of Limburg
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	December 27, 1948
Place of death	at Idstein