Swiss Bishops' Conference
The Swiss Bishops' Conference 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
- * Charles Morerod o.p.
- * Alain de Raemy
- * Markus Büchel
- * Jean-Marie Lovey c.r.b.
- * Joseph Maria Bonnemain
- Auxiliary bishop by diocese :
- * Alain de Raemy
- Territorial abbots by abbey :
- * Urban Federer OSB
- * Jean Scarcella c.r.a.
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
- Marilley Etienne, bishop of Lausanne
- Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Eugene Lachat, Bishop of Basel
- Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva
- Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion
- Augustine Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen
- John Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop of Chur
- Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion
- Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basle-Lugano
- Georg Schmid Grüneck, Bishop of Chur
- Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin
- Victor Biel, Bishop of Sion
- Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano
- Vonderach John, Bishop of Chur
- Nestor Adam, Bishop of Sion
- Anton Hänggi, bishop of Basel
- Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
- Otmar Maeder, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Henri Schwery, Bishop of Sion
- Joseph Candolfi, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, illegally, not because the diocesan bishop. Complaint of Rome.
- Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
- Henri Salina CRA, abbot of Saint-Maurice
- Amédée Grab OSB, Bishop of Chur
- Kurt Koch, Bishop of Basel
- Norbert Brunner, Bishop of Sion
- Markus Büchel, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Charles Morerod, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
- Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel