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Diocese of Chur

Dioecesis Curiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei, Bishop
  • Vitus Huonder, Bishop Emeritus
  • 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)
  • Official Web Site: http://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)
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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