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Diocese of Chur

Dioecesis Curiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei, Bishop
  • Marian Eleganti, O.S.B., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 8 April 1847
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Square Kilometers: 12,272 (4,740 Square Miles)
  • Description: Graubünden (GR), Schwyz (SZ), Uri (UR), Nidwalden (NW), Obwalden (OW), Glarus (GL), and Zurich (ZH)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.bistum-chur.ch
  • Mailing Address: Bischofliches Ordinariat, Hof 19, CH-7000 Chur, Schweiz
  • Telephone: (081)258.60.00
  • Fax: 258.60.01

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Chur
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Chur (erected)
1621Territory LostDiocese of Chur Congregation of Pious Workers ((from Cong. of Christian Doctrine))
Prefecture Apostolic of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia) (erected)
2 May 1818Territory AddedDiocese of Konstanz {Constance} Diocese of Basel
Diocese of Chur
Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen
2 July 1823Name ChangedDiocese of Chur Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen
Diocese of Chur
8 April 1847SplitDiocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen Diocese of Chur
Diocese of Sankt Gallen
1921Territory AddedPrefecture Apostolic of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia) (suppressed) Diocese of Chur
2 December 1997Territory LostDiocese of Chur (Liechtenstein) Archdiocese of Vaduz (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Chur
1948980,162.0%54541596004973,160264ap1951
1970555,3601,311,93042.3%5744009745704002,565259ap1971
1980790,0001,690,00046.7%5714029738114771,935340ap1981
1990726,0001,631,00044.5%48030778792223651,883341ap1991
1999684,9301,649,00041.5%4222376591,039173051,116305ap2000
2000655,5001,582,10041.4%3932406331,035183081,942309ap2001
2001631,0201,593,55539.6%3882286161,024283341,100309ap2002
2002610,0301,530,45039.9%387278665917313751,075309ap2003
2003658,7701,706,29038.6%377296673978284051,065309ap2004
2004777,2801,642,57547.3%3853006851,13433366977309ap2005
2006686,4461,655,70841.5%3812806611,03836395965308ap2007
2013650,6601,859,37635.0%3512265771,12751340917312ap2014
2016695,6311,972,80335.3%3491675161,34859279795310ap2017
2019679,9462,041,68033.3%3431735161,31760278750309ap2020
2021677,2202,089,10732.4%3381604981,35968246806310ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Chur
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 219
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 141
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 183
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 170
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 178
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 189
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 268, to Page 269

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