Swiss Bishops' Conference

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 (Basel) • Charles Morerod o.p. (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg) • Alain de Raemy (Apostolic administrator of Lugano) • Markus Büchel (Saint Gallen) • Jean-Marie Lovey c.r.b. (Sion) • Joseph Maria Bonnemain (Chur) • Auxiliary bishop by diocese : • Alain de Raemy (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg) • Territorial abbots by abbey : • Urban Federer OSB (Einsiedeln) • Jean Scarcella c.r.a. (Saint-Maurice) 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 (1863–1875) • Marilley Etienne, bishop of Lausanne (1876–1879) • Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen (1880–1881) • Eugene Lachat, Bishop of Basel (1882–1886) • Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (1887–1890) • Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion (1891–1894) • Augustine Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen (1895–1905) • John Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop of Chur (1906–1911) • Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion (1912–1917) • Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basle-Lugano (1918–1924) • Georg Schmid Grüneck, Bishop of Chur (1925–1931) • Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin (1932–1933) • Victor Biel, Bishop of Sion (1935–1951) • Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1952–1967) • Vonderach John, Bishop of Chur (1967–1970) • 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 Maeder, 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) • Henri Salina 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) • Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel (since 2019) ==See also==