Episcopal Conference of Switzerland
The Swiss Bishops' Conference 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
- Pierre-François de Preux, Bishop of Sion
- Marilley Etienne, bishop of Lausanne
- Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Eugene Lachat, Bishop of Basel
- Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva
- Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion
- Augustine Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen
- John Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop of Chur
- Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion
- Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basle-Lugano
- Georg Schmid Grüneck, Bishop of Chur
- Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin
- Victor Biel, Bishop of Sion
- Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano
- Vonderach John, Bishop of Chur
- Nestor Adam, Bishop of Sion
- Anton Hänggi, bishop of Basel
- Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
- Otmar Maeder, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Henri Schwery, Bishop of Sion
- Joseph Candolfi, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel, illegally, not because the diocesan bishop. Complaint of Rome.
- Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
- Henri Salina CRA, abbot of Saint-Maurice
- Amédée Grab OSB, Bishop of Chur
- Kurt Koch, Bishop of Basel
- Norbert Brunner, Bishop of Sion
- Markus Büchel, Bishop of St. Gallen
- Charles Morerod, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
