Swiss Bishops' Conference Explained

The Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBC; German: Schweizer Bischofskonferenz; French: Conférence des évêques suisses; Italian: Conferenza dei vescovi svizzeri; Romansh: Conferenza dals uvestgs svizzers) is the coordinating body of the Catholic dioceses in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 as the world's first Bishops Conference and is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.

Members

It meets quarterly and comprises 9 members: the bishops of the six dioceses of Switzerland, the auxiliary bishops and the two abbots of Saint-Maurice and Einsiedeln.

• Bishops of dioceses :
  • Felix Gmür (Basel)
  • Charles Morerod o.p. (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg)
  • Alain de Raemy (Apostolic administrator of Lugano)
  • Markus Büchel (Saint Gallen)
  • Jean-Marie Lovey c.r.b. (Sion)
  • Joseph Maria Bonnemain (Chur)
• Auxiliary bishop by diocese :
  • Alain de Raemy (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg)
• Territorial abbots by abbey :
  • Urban Federer OSB (Einsiedeln)
  • Jean Scarcella c.r.a. (Saint-Maurice)

Dioceses

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, based in Solothurn
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, based in Chur
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, based in Fribourg
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugano, based in Lugano
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen, based in St. Gallen
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion, based in Sion

Territorial abbeys

• Einsiedeln Abbey
• Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum

Presidents

• Pierre-François de Preux, Bishop of Sion (1863-1875)
• Marilley Etienne, bishop of Lausanne (1876-1879)
• Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen (1880-1881)
• Eugene Lachat, Bishop of Basel (1882-1886)
• Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (1887-1890)
• Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion (1891-1894)
• Augustine Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen (1895-1905)
• John Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop of Chur (1906-1911)
• Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion (1912-1917)
• Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basle-Lugano (1918-1924)
• Georg Schmid Grüneck, Bishop of Chur (1925-1931)
• Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin (1932-1933)
• Victor Biel, Bishop of Sion (1935-1951)
• Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1952-1967)
• Vonderach John, Bishop of Chur (1967-1970)
• Nestor Adam, Bishop of Sion (1970-1976)
• Anton Hänggi, bishop of Basel (1976-1977)
• Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1977-1979)
• Otmar Maeder, Bishop of St. Gallen (1980-1982)
• Henri Schwery, Bishop of Sion (1983-1988)
• Joseph Candolfi, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1989-1991), illegally, not because the diocesan bishop. Complaint of Rome.
• Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1992-1994) (2x)
• Henri Salina CRA, abbot of Saint-Maurice (1995-1997)
• Amédée Grab OSB, Bishop of Chur (1998-2006)
• Kurt Koch, Bishop of Basel (2007-2009)
• Norbert Brunner, Bishop of Sion (2010-2012)
• Markus Büchel, Bishop of St. Gallen (2013-2015)
• Charles Morerod, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (2016-2018)
• Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel (since 2019)

See also

• Catholic Church in Switzerland

External links

• http://www.bischoefe.ch/
• http://www.kath.ch/
• http://www.eveques.ch/
• http://www.eveques.ch/nous/eveques/eveques-ces