Switzerland

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
26 Jan 2008	61.0	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	61.0	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	61.0	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	61.0	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
	61.0	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
6 Mar 2008	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
6 Mar 2008	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Mar 2008	88.0	Died	Pierre Mamie †	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
12 May 2008	43.9	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
14 Jan 2009	65.4	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
18 Jun 2009	75.2	Retired	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
24 Jul 2009	75.3	Retired	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
15 Oct 2009	75.0	Retired	Paul Vollmar, S. M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Dec 2009	54.7	Appointed	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur
7 Dec 2009	54.7	Appointed	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur
31 Jan 2010	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Marian Eleganti, O.S.B.	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur
17 Feb 2010	86.8	Died	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.SS.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
1 Jul 2010	60.3	Appointed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
1 Jul 2010	60.3	Appointed	Kurt Koch	Archbishop (Personal Title)	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
21 Sep 2010	68.6	Died	Bernard Genoud †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
20 Nov 2010	60.7	Appointed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
20 Nov 2010	60.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
23 Nov 2010	44.5	Appointed	Felix Gmür	Bishop of Basel
1 Jan 2011	60.8	Installed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
16 Jan 2011	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Felix Gmür	Bishop of Basel
Apr 2011	75.0	Retired	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
Apr 2011	75.0	Retired	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
28 May 2011	71.4	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
28 May 2011	71.4	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
31 May 2011	69.1	Appointed	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabia, Yemen
7 Aug 2011	89.1	Died	Joseph Candolfi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Basel
7 Sep 2011	90.5	Died	Gabriel Bullet †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
3 Nov 2011	50.0	Appointed	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
11 Dec 2011	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles Morerod, O.P.	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
5 Jan 2012	64.9	Appointed	Emil Paul Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
26 Feb 2012	85.1	Died	Georg (Karl Maria} Holzherr, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Maria Einsiedeln
4 Jul 2012	75.8	Retired	Cristiano Jakob Krapf	Bishop of Jequié, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb 2013	63.0	Ceased	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
16 Mar 2013	63.0	Confirmed	Kurt Koch	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity