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Switzerland

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
6 Feb 1971 Bishop Gabriel BulletAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
10 Oct 1971 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
16 Sep 1973 Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
12 Dec 1975 Bishop Karl Josef RomerSecretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Roman Curia
17 Sep 1977 Henri Cardinal SchweryBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
17 Sep 1978 Bishop Ernesto TogniBishop Emeritus of Lugano
7 Jan 1979 Bishop Cristiano Jakob KrapfBishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil
6 Jan 1983 Archbishop Karl-Josef RauberApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
29 Jun 1983 Bishop Joseph CandolfiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel
20 Oct 1984 Archbishop Pier Giacomo De NicolòApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
12 Jul 1986 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
6 Jan 1987 Gilberto Cardinal AgustoniPrefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
Most Junior
12 May 2008 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
8 Sep 2007 Bishop Vitus HuonderBishop of Chur
17 Sep 2006 Bishop Markus BüchelBishop of Sankt Gallen
30 Jan 2004 Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, Yemen
25 Jan 2004 Bishop Pier Giacomo GrampaBishop of Lugano
20 Oct 2003 Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P.Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
22 Jun 2000 Bishop Denis TheurillatAuxiliary Bishop of Basel
24 May 1999 Bishop Bernard GenoudBishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
11 Apr 1997 Bishop Karl Bürgler, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
6 Jan 1997 Archbishop Jean-Claude PérissetApostolic Nuncio to Germany
20 Oct 1996 Bishop Pierre FarineAuxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
27 Jun 1996 Archbishop Emil Paul TscherrigApostolic Nuncio to Sweden

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