Georg Bätzing

Georg Bätzing
Bishop of Limburg
Georg Bätzing in 2009
Church	Roman Catholic
See	Limburg
Orders
Ordination	18 September 2016
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-13) 13 April 1961 (age 56) Kirchen, Germany
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Georg Bätzing (born 13 April 1961) is a German Catholic theologian and bishop of the Diocese of Limburg.

Bätzing was born in Kirchen and grew up in Niederfischbach. He was an altar boy, sang in the church choir and served as an organist there. After his Abitur, he entered the major seminary of the Diocese of Trier in order to become priest. He studied theology and philosophy at Trier University and Freiburg University, graduating in 1985.

As deacon he was assigned to Sankt Wendel. He was ordained priest in Trier on 18 July 1987 by Bishop Hermann Josef Spital (). He worked as assistant priest (Kaplan) at the pilgrimage church Maria Heimsuchung in Klausen and in the parish St. Josef () in Koblenz until 1990. He then was vice-rector (Subregens) in the Trier major seminary until 1996. The same year he received the doctorate and became rector (Regens) of the seminary. One of his functions was the organization of the Heilig-Rock-Wallfahrt in Trier in 2012, a pilgrimage to the most important relic of the Trier Cathedral, the seamless robe of Jesus, which was displayed again in the cathedral from 13 April 2012, for the first time since 1996. A brochure invitation to prayer was published for the preparation of the pilgrimage by Bätzing and Elisabeth Beiling, Kommt, wir beten ihn an! Impulsheft zur Feier des Ewigen Gebetes und für die eucharistische Anbetung im Zugehen auf die Heilig-Rock-Wallfahrt 2012.

On 1 November 2012 Bätzing was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Trier, assisting Bishop Stephan Ackermann. In 2016, he was elected by the Limburg Cathedral chapter (Domkapitel) to succeed Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst as bishop of Limburg. He was appointed by the Pope on 1 July 2016. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Cologne Rainer Woelki on September 18, 2016.