Swiss Bishops Conference

The Swiss Bishops Conference ( SBK) (French Conférence des évêques Suisses, Italian Conferenza dei Vescovi svizzeri ) is the coordinating body of the Roman 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 consists of 14 members: the bishops of the dioceses six of Switzerland and their auxiliary bishops and the two abbots of Saint- Maurice and Einsiedeln.

Members

Dioceses

  • Bishopric of Basel, based in Solothurn
  • Diocese of Chur, based in Chur
  • Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, based in Freiburg
  • Diocese of Lugano with headquarters in Lugano
  • Diocese of St. Gallen in St. Gallen
  • Diocese of Sion, based in Sion

Territorial abbeys

  • Abbey of Einsiedeln
  • Abbey of Saint -Maurice

President of the SBK

  • Pierre -François de Preux, Bishop of Sion (1863-1875)
  • Marilley Etienne, Bishop of Lausanne (1876-1879)
  • Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen (1880-1881)
  • Eugène Lachat, Bishop of Basel (1882-1886)
  • Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (1887-1890)
  • Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion (1891-1894)
  • Augustin Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen (1895-1905)
  • Fidelis John Battaglia, Bishop of Chur (1906-1911)
  • Jules -Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion (1912-1918)
  • Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basel and Lugano (1918-1924)
  • George Schmid of Grüneck, Bishop of Chur (1925-1931)
  • Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1932-1933)
  • Victor Bieler, bishop of Sion (1935-1952)
  • Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1952-1967)
  • John Vonderach, Bishop of Chur (1967-1970)
  • François- Nestor Adam, bishop of Sion (1970-1976)
  • Anton Hänggi, Bishop of Basel (1976-1977)
  • Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1977-1979)
  • Otmar Mäder, Bishop of St. Gallen (1980-1982)
  • Henri Schwery, Bishop of Sion (1983-1988)
  • Joseph Candolfi, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1989-1991), without permission, since no diocesan bishop. Complaint from Rome.
  • Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1992-1994) ( 2x)
  • Henri Salina CRA, Abbot of Saint- Maurice (1995-1997)
  • Amédée grave 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)
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