Henri Cardinal Schwery †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1932		Born
7 Jul 1957	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Jul 1977	45.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
17 Sep 1977	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Jun 1991	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	59.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
1 Apr 1995	62.7	Resigned	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
7 Jan 2021	88.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Henri Schwery
Henri Cardinal Schwery
(born 14 Jun 1932, died 7 Jan 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Consistory - 1991: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Saint-Léonard
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}
Death Place Home Le Carillon, Saint-Léonard

a priest for 63.5 years
a bishop for 43.3 years
a cardinal for 29.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Mamie †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Bishop Otmar Mäder †
Bishop of Sankt Gallen

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Patrick Le Gal (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugenio Corecco † (1986)
Bishop Norbert Brunner (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Candolfi † (1983)
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (1987)
Archbishop Wolfgang Haas (1988)
Bishop Pierre Bürcher (1994)
Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig (1996)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/280658
VIAF: 43442393
WikiData: Q115681

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 44, Number 3,022
d: CB, 7 Jan 2021
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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