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Switzerland

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
26 Aug 1927 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio
8 Jul 1932 Bishop Karl Josef RomerSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Roman Curia
23 Mar 1936 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio
12 Sep 1936 Bishop Cristiano Jakob KrapfBishop Emeritus of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
28 Oct 1936 Bishop Pier Giacomo GrampaBishop Emeritus of Lugano
13 Apr 1939 Archbishop Jean-Claude PérissetApostolic Nuncio
11 Nov 1939 Bishop Martin GächterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
13 Jan 1940 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio
31 May 1940 Bishop Pierre FarineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
29 Apr 1941 Bishop Gérard Antoine Léopold DaucourtBishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
22 Apr 1942 Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
21 Jun 1942 Bishop Norbert BrunnerBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Youngest
15 Oct 1969 Abbot Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist.Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
4 Jan 1969 Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C.Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
17 Aug 1968 Abbot Urban Federer, O.S.B.Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln
7 Jun 1966 Bishop Felix GmürBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
21 Jun 1964 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
30 Sep 1963 Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A.Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
22 Jul 1963 Bishop Valerio LazzeriBishop Emeritus of Lugano
28 Mar 1962 Abbot Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B.Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln
28 Oct 1961 Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P.Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
26 Mar 1961 Bishop Josef StübiAuxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
19 Apr 1959 Bishop Alain de RaemyAuxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
12 Apr 1958 [SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X.Bishop

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