Bishop Norbert Brunner

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1942	82.85	Born
6 Jul 1968	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
1 Apr 1995	52.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
9 Jun 1995	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Jul 2014	72.0	Resigned	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Norbert Brunner
Bishop Norbert Brunner
(born 21 Jun 1942)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Event Place
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Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sion {Sitten}.

a priest for 56.81 years
a bishop for 29.89 years

Principal Consecrator:
Henri Cardinal Schwery †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen †
Titular Archbishop of Glastonia
Bishop Henri Salina, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henri Cardinal Schwery † (1977)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. † (1952)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
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 Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B. (2014)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig (1996)
Bishop Felix Gmür (2011)
Bishop Alain de Raemy (2014)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 201819442
WikiData: Q115975

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,564
r: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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