Joseph Maria Bonnemain

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Joseph Maria Bonnemain

Opus Dei
Bishop of Chur
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseChur
SeeChur
Appointed15 February 2021
Installed19 March 2021
PredecessorVitus Huonder
Orders
Ordination15 August 1978
by Franz Cardinal König
Consecration19 March 2021
by Kurt Cardinal Koch
Personal details
Born (1948-07-26) 26 July 1948 (age 73)
Barcelona, Spain
NationalitySwiss
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsJoseph Maria Bonnemain's coat of arms

Joseph Marie Bonnemain (born 26 July 1948) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church and is currently bishop of Chur, having been appointed by Pope Francis on 15 February 2021.

Life[]

Joseph Bonnemain was born in 1948 in Barcelona as the son of a Swiss man and Spanish woman. He speaks Catalan, Spanish, French, German and Italian. After completing school in 1967, he studied medicine at the University of Zurich which he completed in 1975.

During his time in Barcelona, he established a connection with Opus Dei. He studied philosophy and theology in Rome.[1] On 15 August 1978 he was ordained a priest together with the erstwhile Archbishop of Los Angeles, José Horacio Gómez, by Franz Kardinal König in Torreciudad and four years later incardinated into the personal prelature of Opus Dei.[2] In 1980, he completed a doctorate in Canon Law at the University of Navarre. During this time, he worked as a chaplain for workers and farmers in the Navarre revion, as well as at the University.

From 1981 he worked at the diocesan curia for the Diocese of Chur as a judicial lawer and from 1982 as vice official. From 1983 to 1991 he was a member of the Delegation of the Holy See to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. In 1985, he was a chaplain at the Limmattal hospital in Schlieren in Zürich. In 1989 he was named an official of the Diocese of Chur. From 2002, he served as secretary for the Commission on "Sexual Abuse in the Church", which had been established by the Swiss Bishops' Conference. In 2003, he was appointed a canon of the Chur Cathedral Chapter. In 2008 he was appointed a member of the Bishop's Council and in 2009 he was appointed a Chaplain of His Holiness. From 2011, he worked as Episocpal Vicar for Canon Law for the Cantons of the Diocese.

In March 2021, after his appointment as Bishop of Chur, he stated that he will not have a coat of arms as "The sign of the Cross of Christ is enough for me. And this, only this, I will use."[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Zur Ernennung von Dr. Joseph Bonnemain zum neuen Bischof von Chur". opusdei.org. 2021-02-15.
  2. ^ "Nach Bischofsernennung: Gelingt der Neuanfang im Bistum Chur?".
  3. ^ Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, We must do more than recite church teaching says new Swiss bishop from The Tablet, 27 March 2021, retrieved 5 April 2021.

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