Bishop Pierre Bürcher

Bishop of Reykjavik

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Dec 1945		Born	Fiesch
27 Mar 1971	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
29 Jan 1994	48.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
29 Jan 1994	48.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena
12 Mar 1994	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena
30 Oct 2007	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
15 Dec 2007	62.0	Installed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Reykjavik.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Mamie †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Henri Cardinal Schwery
Bishop Gabriel Bullet

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Bürcher (1994)
Bishop Pierre Mamie † (1968)
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)
Bishop François Charrière † (1945)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Genoud

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