Swiss Bishops' Conference

The Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBC; Schweizer Bischofskonferenz; Conférence des évêques suisses; Conferenza dei vescovi svizzeri; Conferenza dals uvestgs svizzers) 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.

Members
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)