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Switzerland

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
10 Oct 197153.48 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio
12 Dec 197549.31 Bishop Karl Josef RomerSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Roman Curia
7 Jan 197946.24 Bishop Cristiano Jakob KrapfBishop Emeritus of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
12 Jul 198638.72 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio
28 May 198737.85 Bishop Martin GächterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
22 May 198836.86 Archbishop Wolfgang HaasArchbishop Emeritus of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
30 Jun 198836.76 [SSPX Bishop Bernard Fellay], S.S.P.X.Bishop
14 Apr 199133.97 Bishop Gérard Antoine Léopold DaucourtBishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
6 Jan 199332.24 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio
12 Mar 199431.06 Bishop Pierre BürcherBishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Apr 199431.00 Mister Hansjörg Vogel
9 Jun 199529.81 Bishop Norbert BrunnerBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Most Junior
26 Nov 20231.35 Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A.Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
26 Feb 20232.10 Bishop Josef StübiAuxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
19 Mar 20214.04 Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus DeiBishop of Chur
29 Feb 20205.09 Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C.Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
28 Sep 201410.51 Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B.Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
11 Jan 201411.23 Bishop Alain de RaemyAuxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
7 Dec 201311.32 Bishop Valerio LazzeriBishop Emeritus of Lugano
30 Nov 201311.34 Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick EnzlerBishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
11 Dec 201113.31 Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P.Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
16 Jan 201114.21 Bishop Felix GmürBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
31 Jan 201015.17 Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur
16 Nov 200816.38 Archbishop Martin KrebsApostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

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