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Switzerland

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
10 Oct 1971 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio
12 Dec 1975 Bishop Karl Josef RomerSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Roman Curia
7 Jan 1979 Bishop Cristiano Jakob KrapfBishop Emeritus of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
12 Jul 1986 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio
28 May 1987 Bishop Martin GächterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
22 May 1988 Archbishop Wolfgang HaasArchbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
30 Jun 1988 [SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X.Bishop
14 Apr 1991 Bishop Gérard Antoine Léopold DaucourtBishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
6 Jan 1993 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio
12 Mar 1994 Bishop Pierre BürcherBishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Apr 1994 Mister Hansjörg Vogel
9 Jun 1995 Bishop Norbert BrunnerBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Most Junior
26 Nov 2023 Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A.Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
26 Feb 2023 Bishop Josef StübiAuxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
19 Mar 2021 Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus DeiBishop of Chur
29 Feb 2020 Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C.Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
28 Sep 2014 Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
11 Jan 2014 Bishop Alain de RaemyAuxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
7 Dec 2013 Bishop Valerio LazzeriBishop Emeritus of Lugano
30 Nov 2013 Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick EnzlerBishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
11 Dec 2011 Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P.Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
16 Jan 2011 Bishop Felix GmürBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
31 Jan 2010 Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur
16 Nov 2008 Archbishop Martin KrebsApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

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