Swiss Bishops' Conference

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Logo of the bishops' conference

The Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBC; German: Schweizer Bischofskonferenz; French: Conférence des évêques suisses; Italian: Conferenza dei vescovi svizzeri) 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.

It meets quarterly and comprises 14 members: the bishops of the six dioceses of Switzerland, the auxiliary bishops and the two abbots of Saint-Maurice and Einsiedeln.

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[]

• , Bishop of Sion (1863-1875)
• , bishop of Lausanne (1876-1879)
• Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen (1880-1881)
• , Bishop of Basel (1882-1886)
• Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (1887-1890)
• , Bishop of Sion (1891-1894)
• , Bishop of St. Gallen (1895-1905)
• , Bishop of Chur (1906-1911)
• , Bishop of Sion (1912-1917)
• , Bishop of Basle-Lugano (1918-1924)
• , Bishop of Chur (1925-1931)
• Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin (1932-1933)
• , Bishop of Sion (1935-1951)
• , Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1952-1967)
• , Bishop of Chur (1967-1970)
• , Bishop of Sion (1970-1976)
• , bishop of Basel (1976-1977)
• Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1977-1979)
• , 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)
• 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)

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