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Switzerland

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
29 Jun 1950 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio
22 Mar 1958 Bishop Karl Josef RomerSecretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, Roman Curia
6 Dec 1959 Bishop Pier Giacomo GrampaBishop Emeritus of Lugano
18 Mar 1961 Archbishop Francesco CanaliniApostolic Nuncio
7 Apr 1963 Archbishop Diego CauseroApostolic Nuncio
15 Mar 1964 Bishop Cristiano Jakob KrapfBishop Emeritus of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
28 Jun 1964 Archbishop Jean-Claude PérissetApostolic Nuncio
27 Jun 1965 Bishop Pierre FarineAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
26 Jun 1966 Bishop Gérard Antoine Léopold DaucourtBishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
28 Jun 1967 Bishop Martin GächterAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
4 Jul 1967 Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
6 Jul 1968 Bishop Norbert BrunnerBishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}
Most Junior
30 May 1999 Bishop Felix GmürBishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}
19 Sep 1998 Abbot Vinzenz (Rudolf) Wohlwend, O. Cist.Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Austria
29 Jun 1998 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
8 Jun 1996 Bishop Antonio Crameri, S.S.C.Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
23 Jun 1995 Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur
11 Jun 1994 Abbot Urban Federer, O.S.B.Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln
8 Dec 1991 Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick EnzlerBishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
7 Sep 1991 Monsignor Graziano BorgonovoUnder Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Roman Curia
9 Feb 1991 Bishop Benoît Gschwind, A.A.Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
31 Mar 1990 Abbot Jean César Scarcella, C.R.A.Abbot of Saint-Maurice
2 Sep 1989 Bishop Valerio LazzeriBishop Emeritus of Lugano
20 Aug 1988 Bishop Josef StübiAuxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}

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