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Switzerland

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
22 Mar 1921 Bishop Gabriel BulletAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
25 Apr 1922 Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P.Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico e Sisto
15 Jul 1922 Bishop Joseph CandolfiAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel
26 Jul 1922 Gilberto Cardinal AgustoniPrefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, Roman Curia
11 Apr 1923 Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
6 Oct 1926 Bishop Ernesto TogniBishop Emeritus of Lugano
22 Jan 1927 Abbot Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B.Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln
26 Aug 1927 Archbishop Edoardo RovidaApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
31 Mar 1928 Bishop Peter Henrici, S.J.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur
11 Mar 1929 Archbishop Pier Giacomo De NicolòApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
3 Feb 1930 Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B.Bishop Emeritus of Chur
20 Apr 1930 Bishop Ivo FürerBishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen
Youngest
21 Jun 1964 Bishop Stephan TurnovszkyAuxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
28 Mar 1962 Abbot Martin (Stephan) Werlen, O.S.B.Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln
16 Mar 1951 Bishop Hansjörg VogelBishop Emeritus of Basel
21 Sep 1950 Bishop Denis TheurillatAuxiliary Bishop of Basel
15 Mar 1950 Bishop Kurt KochBishop of Basel
9 Aug 1949 Bishop Markus BüchelBishop of Sankt Gallen
7 Aug 1948 Archbishop Wolfgang HaasArchbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
3 Feb 1947 Archbishop Emil Paul TscherrigApostolic Nuncio to Sweden
20 Dec 1945 Bishop Pierre BürcherBishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
4 Nov 1943 Bishop Karl Bürgler, C.SS.R.Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
27 Aug 1943 Archbishop Peter Stephan ZurbriggenApostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
21 Jun 1942 Bishop Norbert BrunnerBishop of Sion {Sitten}

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