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Diocese of Sion {Sitten}

Dioecesis Sedunensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B., Bishop
  • Norbert Brunner, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 4th Century
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Square Kilometers: 5,589 (2,158 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.cath-vs.ch/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, C.P. 2124, rue de la Tour 12, CH-1950 Sion 2, Suisse
  • Telephone: (027)32.91.818

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
4th CenturyErectedDiocese of Sion {Sitten} (erected)
3 March 1993Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice (Saint-Sylvestre de Choex (in Monthey en Valais); Sacré-Cœur (in Lavey-Morcles); Vérossaz; Collonges (Outer-Rhône); Evionnaz; and Aigle-Leysin) Diocese of Sion {Sitten}
3 March 1993Territory LostDiocese of Sion {Sitten} (Saint-Sigismund (Saint Maurice en Valais) in Saint-Maurice et Méx) Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950145,000150,00096.7%259146405358228614145ap1951
1970190,800215,00088.7%276187463412187950150ap1971
1980212,000240,00088.3%231200431491268800154ap1981
1990215,500248,40086.8%2011793805671267652154ap1991
1999225,562270,98283.2%16614631272213203387158ap2000
2000225,562270,98283.2%15315030374412205377158ap2001
2001225,562270,98283.2%15813229077712186374158ap2002
2002225,562270,98283.2%15613328978013177354158ap2003
2003225,133296,05776.0%15112327482114172348158ap2004
2004225,133296,05776.0%147116263856150345158ap2005
2010235,735309,20276.2%139942331,01116122326158ap2011
2014247,700322,00076.9%136872231,11017113281157ap2015
2017265,739358,21374.2%131852161,23018107242157ap2018
2020260,971358,21372.9%142241661,5722026304157ap2021
2022258,243362,38071.3%129231521,6981924269150ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 442
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 233, and Page 234
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 295
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 309
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 349
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 372
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 339
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 312, to Page 313
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 607, and Page 608

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