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Roman Catholicism In Switzerland
The Catholic Church in Switzerland (, , , ) is organised into six dioceses and two territorial abbeys, comprising approximately 2.7 million Catholics, about 30.7% of the Swiss population in 2023. Diocesan organisation The six dioceses are: * Diocese of Basel, whose ordinary is Bishop Felix Gmür * Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, whose ordinary is Bishop Charles Morerod * Diocese of Chur, whose ordinary is Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain * Diocese of Lugano, whose ordinary is Bishop Valerio Lazzeri * Diocese of Saint Gallen, whose ordinary is Bishop Markus Büchel * Diocese of Sion, whose ordinary is Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey. The two territorial abbeys, which do not belong to any bishopric, are * St. Maurice's Abbey in the Canton of Valais, which is the longest continuously inhabited monastery in Europe, whose Abbot was Joseph Roduit, * Einsiedeln Abbey, in the Canton of Schwyz. In contrast to most Catholic dioceses, Swiss bishoprics are exempt, i.e. immedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sion
The Diocese of Sion (, , ) is a Latin Church, Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the oldest bishopric in the country and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The history of the Bishops of Sion, of the Abbey of St. Maurice, and of Valais as a whole are inextricably intertwined. History Early history The see was established at Octodurum, now called Martigny, Switzerland, Martigny, the capital of the Roman province of Alpes Poeninae. The first authentically historical bishop was Saint Theodore/Theodolus (died in 391), who was present at the Council of Aquileia, 381, Council of Aquileia in 381. He founded the Agaunum, Abbey of Saint-Maurice, with a small church in honor of Saint Maurice, martyred there c. 300, when he united the local hermits in a common life, thus beginning the Abbey of Saint-Maurice, the oldest north of the Alps. Theodore rebuilt the church at Sion, which had been destroyed by Emperor Maximinus II, Maximinus at the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Büchel (bishop)
Markus Büchel (; born 9 August 1949 in Rüthi) is a Swiss Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Saint Gallen from 2006 to 2025. Life Büchel studied philosophy and Roman Catholic theology at University of Fribourg. He was ordained priest in St. Gallen. On 17 September 2006 Büchel was ordained bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen. In March 2025, Büchel voiced his support for the ordination of women in order to combate the shortage of priests in the diocese. Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) has been head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States and North America, the fir ... accepted his resignation on 22 May 2025. References External links Bistum Sankt Gallen: Markus Büchel (german)* at website by Bistum St. Gallen Sankt Galler Tagblatt.ch: Etlernwerdung befasst sich mit Kindern (german)Sankt Galler Tagbl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Saint Gallen
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen (, ) is a Latin Catholic diocese in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Although the region functioned as an important centre of Christianity in Europe during the Middle Ages, the diocese itself was only established in 1847. Its territory corresponds to the Canton of St. Gallen, with the bishop also acting on behalf of the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden as apostolic administrations. The St. Gallen Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the episcopal see of the diocese. History Medieval History Originally founded as a hermitage in the seventh century by the Irish missionary monk Gall () the settlement that would later become known as St. Gallen was initially ruled by an Abbey of the same name. After the tenth century, the town around the Abbey gradually grew into an important cultural, monastic, and ecclesial centre during the Middle Ages. Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, the Abbey of Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerio Lazzeri
Valerio Lazzeri (born 22 July 1963) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of Lugano from 2013 to 2022. Biography Valerio Lazzeri was born in Dongio on 22 July 1963. He carried out his studies from 1982 to 1987 at the San Carlo diocesan seminary, which was then based in the Salesianum boarding school in Friborg, and at the University of Fribourg, where he obtained a licentiate in theology in 1987. He continued his studies at the Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome (1987-1989) and at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1987-1988). On 2 September 1989 he was ordained a priest by the bishop of Lugano Eugenio Corecco in the Lugano Cathedral. In 1991 he obtained his doctorate in theology at the Pontifical theological faculty Teresianum in Rome. From 1991 to 1993 he was vice-rector and teacher in the in Ascona. From 1993 to 1999 he worked for the Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome. In 1999 he became a professor of spiritual theology at the Faculty of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Lugano
The Diocese of Lugano (Latin: ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Switzerland covering the canton of Ticino. The diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. In 2004, there were 233,017 baptised persons of 306,846 inhabitants. It has as its principal patron Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and as a secondary patron Abundius, Bishop of Como. History The Diocese of Lugano was erected by a Bull of Leo XIII (7 September 1888). The territory covered is that of the Swiss canton of Ticino, where the population is almost entirely Catholic and Italian is the common language. Before the Diocese of Lugano was founded, the Canton of Ticino was under the jurisdiction, in ecclesiastical matters, of bishops who were not Swiss. The smaller, northern part belonged to the Archdiocese of Milan, and, consequently, still uses the Ambrosian Rite; the other, and much larger, part of the canton belonged to the Diocese of Como. Soon after the forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Maria Bonnemain
Joseph Maria Bonnemain (born 26 July 1948) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the bishop of Chur since 2021. Life Joseph Bonnemain was born on 26 July 1948 in Barcelona, the son of a Swiss father and a Spanish mother. He speaks Catalan, Spanish, French, German and Italian. After completing school in 1967, he studied medicine at the University of Zurich, completing his studies in 1975. While in Barcelona, he established a connection with Opus Dei. He studied philosophy and theology in Rome. On 15 August 1978 he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Franz König in Torreciudad and four years later incardinated into the personal prelature of Opus Dei. In 1980, he completed a doctorate in canon law at the University of Navarre. During this time, he also worked as a chaplain for workers and farmers in the Navarre region. From 1981 he worked at the diocesan curia for the Diocese of Chur as a judicial lawyer and from 1982 as vice official. From 1983 to 1991 he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Chur
The Diocese of Chur () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Switzerland. It extends over the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden (Grisons), Schwyz, Glarus, Zurich, Nidwalden, Obwalden, and Uri. The modern Catholic diocese must be distinguished from the historical Prince-Bishopric of Chur, a state of the Holy Roman Empire. History A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/ 452 when its Bishop Saint Asimo attended the Synod of Milan, but probably existed a century earlier. The see was at first suffragan to the Archbishop of Milan, but after the Treaty of Verdun (843), it became suffragan to Mainz. In consequence of political changes it became in 1803 immediately subject to the Holy See. According to local traditions, the first Bishop of Chur was Saint Lucius, who is said to have died a martyr at Chur around the year 176 and whose relics are preserved in the cathedral. St. Lucius is venerated as the principal patron of the diocese. The co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Morerod
Charles Morerod, OP (born 28 October 1961), is a Swiss Dominican prelate who has served as Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg since 2011. Previously, he served as rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, as a professor of dogmatic theology and as secretary general of the International Theological Commission. Early life and education Morerod was born on 28 October 1961 in Riaz, Switzerland. He entered the Dominican novitiate in 1983, and was ordained a priest in 1988. Morerod earned a licentiate in theology from the University of Fribourg in 1987, and a doctorate in theology from the same university in 1994. He was chaplain to the university from 1991 to 1994. In 1996, he obtained a licentiate in philosophy, also from the University of Fribourg, and a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Toulouse in 2004. Ordained ministry From 1987 to 1989 Morerod was engaged in pastoral ministry, first as a deacon and then as vice-parish p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Lausanne, Geneva And Fribourg
The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg () is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland, which is (as all sees in the Alpine country) exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province). The original diocese of Lausanne was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Besançon until 1801. The diocese of Geneva was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Vienne. The diocese covers the Cantons of Switzerland, cantons of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg, Canton of Geneva, Geneva, Vaud and Canton of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, with the exception of certain parishes of the right bank of the Rhône River, Rhône belonging to the Diocese of Bishop of Sion, Sion (Sitten). It was created by the merger in 1821 of the Diocese of Lausanne and the Diocese of Geneva, both prince-bishoprics until they were secularized during the Reformation. Until 1924, it was called the Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva. The diocese has its seat at Fribourg. The current bishop is Charles Morerod, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Gmür
Felix Gmür (born 7 June 1966) is a Swiss Roman Catholic bishop. He is the bishop of Basel since his installation on 16 January 2011. He had previously served as secretary of the Swiss Bishops' Conference. Gmür was born in Lucerne in 1966. From 1986 to 1990 he studied philosophy at the School of Philosophy (of the Jesuits) in Munich and at the Sèvres Centre in Paris and received a licentiate in philosophy. From 1990 to 1994 he studied theology at the Universities of Fribourg and Munich, ending with a degree in theology. After 1994 he continued his studies of philosophy and exegesis in Munich, also attending courses in art history. In 1997 he obtained his doctorate in philosophy on the aesthetics of Ludwig Wittgenstein. While studying in Munich, he was a student at the supraregional seminary of that city, the Herzogliches Georgianum. From 1997 to 1999 did the pastoral internship in the diocese of Basel, working first as a pastoral assistant and later as a deacon in the parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
