Franz Kamphaus

Franz Kamphaus (2 February 1932 – 28 October 2024) was a German Catholic prelate, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Limburg. He was bishop of the diocese from 1982 after teaching pastoral theology and homiletics at the University of Münster. He was the only German bishop to oppose Pope John Paul II in the matter of counseling pregnant women in conflict situations. After his term ended in 2007, he took residence in the St. Vincenzstift, Aulhausen, a home for people with physical and mental disabilities, where he first served as priest.

Career Münster Born in Lüdinghausen as the fifth child of a peasant family, Kamphaus achieved his Abitur from the . He studied theology and philosophy at the University of Münster and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and he was ordained as a priest on 21 February 1959 by the bishop of Münster.