Bishop Vitus Huonder †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1942		Born
25 Sep 1971	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chur, Switzerland
8 Jul 2007	65.2	Appointed	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
8 Sep 2007	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
20 May 2019	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
3 Apr 2024	81.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

MicroData Summary for Vitus Huonder
(VIAF: 46892012; WikiData: Q117608)
Bishop Vitus Huonder (born 21 Apr 1942, died 3 Apr 2024) Bishop Emeritus of Chur

Ad Limina - December 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Trun, Diocese of Chur
Ordained Priest Church, Thalwil
Ordained Bishop Abbey, Einsiedeln, Diocese of Chur
Death Place Sancta Maria Institute, Wangs, Diocese of Sankt Gallen
Buried Place (Original) Cœur Immaculé de Marie, Church, Écône, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}

a priest for 52.5 years
a bishop for 16.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Johannes Anton Vonderach †
Bishop of Chur
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Chur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Canalini
Titular Archbishop of Valeria
Bishop Kurt Koch
Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Chur
Bishop Pierre Mamie † (1968)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
Bishop François Charrière † (1945)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. (2010)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Number 15,505
r: Bollettino, 20 May 2019
d: CB, 3 Apr 2024

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