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Bishop Benno Elbs

Apostolic Administrator of Vaduz

Armoiries
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Coat of arms of the Austrian Bishop Benno Elbs, Bishop of Feldkirch.
Naissance
16 oct. 1960 Bregenz, Bregenz District, Austria
Nationalité
Austria
Ordination sacerdotale
16 mai 1986 Bahnhofstrasse 13, Austria
Ordination épiscopale
30 juin 2013 Feldkirch, Austria
Nomination
20 sept. 2023
Consécrateur principal
Alois Kothgasser
Co-consécrateurs
Christoph Schönborn Elmar Fischer
Formation
University of Innsbruck

Benno Elbs was born on October 16, 1960, in Bregenz. After obtaining a diploma in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, he pursued theological studies in Innsbruck, eventually earning a Doctorate in Theology. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Feldkirch in 1986 and subsequently appointed assistant parish priest in Bregenz and a teacher of religion. In 1989, he was named spiritual director of the "Marianum" in Bregenz, becoming its rector the following year. In 1994, he was appointed head of the diocesan pastoral office and a member of both the College of Consultors and the diocesan finance council. In 2005, he was appointed Vicar General to Bishop Elmar Fischer. Following the Bishop's resignation on November 15, 2011, the diocesan consultors elected Monsignor Benno Elbs as Diocesan Administrator.