Henri Cardinal Schwery

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1932		Born	Saint-Léonard
7 Jul 1957	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Jul 1977	45.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
17 Sep 1977	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
28 Jun 1991	59.0	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	59.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
1 Apr 1995	62.8	Resigned	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Consistory - 1991: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Sion {Sitten}.

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François-Nestor Adam †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Mamie
Bishop Otmar Mäder †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Henri Cardinal Schwery (1977)
Bishop François-Nestor Adam † (1952)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugenio Corecco †
Bishop Norbert Brunner
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Candolfi
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.
Archbishop Wolfgang Haas
Bishop Pierre Bürcher
Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig

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