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Switzerland

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
8 Jul 1945 Bishop Gabriel BulletAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
20 Apr 1946 Gilberto Cardinal AgustoniPrefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
1 Jul 1947 Bishop Joseph CandolfiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel
24 Feb 1949 Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
7 May 1950 Bishop Ernesto TogniBishop Emeritus of Lugano
29 Jun 1950 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
2 Jul 1951 Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P.Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
12 Apr 1952 Archbishop Pier Giacomo De NicolòApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
24 Jun 1953 Abbot Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B.Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln
3 Apr 1954 Bishop Ivo FürerBishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
12 Jun 1954 Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Chur
7 Jul 1957 Henri Cardinal SchweryBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Most Junior
29 Jun 1998 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
28 Jun 1988 Abbot Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B.Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln
20 Jun 1982 Bishop Kurt KochBishop of Basel
28 Nov 1976 Bishop Hansjörg VogelBishop Emeritus of Basel
16 May 1976 Bishop Denis TheurillatAuxiliary Bishop of Basel
3 Apr 1976 Bishop Markus BüchelBishop of Sankt Gallen
11 Apr 1974 Archbishop Emil Paul TscherrigApostolic Nuncio to Sweden
7 Apr 1974 Archbishop Wolfgang HaasArchbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18 May 1973 Bishop Karl Bürgler, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
25 Sep 1971 Bishop Vitus HuonderBishop of Chur
27 Mar 1971 Bishop Pierre BürcherBishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
10 Oct 1969 Archbishop Peter Stephan ZurbriggenApostolic Nuncio to Lithuania

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