Diocese of Chur

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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

• Diocese of Chur
  • Latin Name: Curiensis
  • Erected: 5th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mainz
  • Country: Switzerland

• Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen
  • Latin Name: Curiensis-Sancti Galli
  • Name Changed: 2 July 1823
  • Country: Switzerland

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Nortpert † ( 1079 Appointed - 26 Jan 1088 Died)
• Konrad von Biberegg † ( 1123 Appointed - 1145 Died)
• Bl. Adalgott , O. Cist. † ( 1151 Appointed - 3 Oct 1160 Died)
• Egino von Ehrenfels † ( 1160 Appointed - 9 Aug 1170 Died)
• Ulrich von Tegerfelden, O.S.B. † ( 1170 Appointed - 1179 Resigned)
• Bruno † ( 1179 Appointed - 1180 Died)
• Heinrich von Arbon † ( 1180 Appointed - 9 Nov 1193 Died)
• Reinhert della Torre † ( 1194 Appointed - 1209 Died)
• Arnold von Matsch † ( 1209 Appointed - 24 Dec 1221 Died)
• Rudolf von Güttingen, O.S.B. † ( 1223 Appointed - 18 Sep 1226 Died)
• Berthold von Helfenstein † ( 1226 Appointed - 25 Aug 1233 Died)
• Ulrich von Kyburg † ( 1233 Appointed - 17 Jun 1237 Died)
• Volkard von Neuburg † ( 1237 Appointed - 16 Oct 1251 Died)
• Heinrich von Montfort, O.P. † (Dec 1251 Appointed - 14 Nov 1272 Died)
• Konrad von Belmont † ( 1272 Appointed - 25 Sep 1282 Died)
• Friedrich von Montfort † ( 1282 Appointed - 3 Jun 1290 Died)
• Berthold von Heiligenberg † ( 1290 Appointed - 17 Jan 1298 Died)
• Siegfried von Gelnhausen † (20 Nov 1298 Appointed - 19 Jul 1321 Died)
• Rudolf von Montfort (-Feldkirch) † (19 Mar 1322 Appointed - 1 Oct 1322 Appointed, Bishop of Konstanz {Constance})
• Johannes Pfefferhard † (12 Jun 1325 Appointed - 23 May 1331 Died)
• Ulrich Ribi, O.E.S.A. † (14 Jun 1331 Appointed - 25 Mar 1355 Died)
• Peter Gelyto (Wurst, Jelito) † (10 Jun 1356 Appointed - 9 Jun 1368 Appointed, Bishop of Litomyšl)
• Friedrich von Erdingen † (20 Nov 1368 Appointed - 2 Apr 1376 Appointed, Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone})
• Johannes Ministri † (2 Apr 1376 Appointed - 13 Jun 1388 Died)
• Hartmann von Werdenberg-Sargans † (24 Oct 1388 Appointed - 6 Sep 1416 Died)
• Antonius † (15 Feb 1390 Appointed - )
• Hartmann von Werdenberg-Sargans † (19 Aug 1412 Ordained Bishop - 6 Sep 1416 Died)
• Johannes Abundi † (28 Feb 1418 Appointed - 11 Jul 1418 Appointed, Archbishop of Riga)
• Johannes Naso (Naz) † (11 Jul 1418 Appointed - 24 Jan 1440 Died)
• Antonio de Tosabeciis † (10 May 1456 Appointed - 1 Oct 1456 Died)
• Leonhard Wismair (Wyssmayer) † (12 Nov 1456 Confirmed - 20 May 1458 Died)
• Ortlieb Brandis † (31 Jul 1458 Confirmed - 25 Jul 1491 Died)
• Heinrich von Höwen (Hewen) † (9 Sep 1491 Confirmed - 6 Jun 1505 Resigned)
• Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg † (6 Jun 1505 Appointed - 25 Aug 1541 Died)
• Luzius Iter † (26 Apr 1542 Appointed - 4 Dec 1549 Died)
• Thomas von Planta † (19 Mar 1550 Confirmed - 28 Apr 1565 Died)
• Beatus di Porta † (24 Aug 1565 Appointed - 1581 Resigned)
• Peter von Rascher † (6 Nov 1581 Appointed - 3 Jan 1601 Died)
• Johann Flugi d’Apremont † (9 Apr 1601 Appointed - 24 Aug 1627 Resigned)
• Joseph Mohr von Zernetz † (10 Sep 1627 Appointed - 6 Aug 1635 Died)
• Johann Flugi d’Apremont † (22 Sep 1636 Confirmed - 24 Jan 1661 Died)
• Ulrich de Mont † (19 Dec 1661 Confirmed - 28 Feb 1692 Died)
• Ulrich von Federspiel † (1 Dec 1692 Confirmed - 11 Oct 1728 Died)
• Joseph Benedikt von Rost † (23 Mar 1729 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1754 Died)
• Johann Baptist Anton von Federspiel † (21 Jul 1755 Confirmed - 27 Feb 1777 Died)
• Dionys von Rost † (28 Jul 1777 Confirmed - 31 Oct 1793 Died)
• Karl Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein † (12 Sep 1794 Confirmed - 23 Oct 1833 Died)
• Johann Georg Maria Lorenz Bossi † (6 Apr 1835 Appointed - 9 Jan 1844 Died)
• Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken † (9 Jan 1844 Succeeded - 19 Apr 1859 Died)
• Nikolaus Franz Florentini † (26 Sep 1859 Confirmed - 27 Feb 1877 Retired)
• Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. † (12 Mar 1877 Confirmed - 17 Apr 1879 Died)
• Franz Konstantin Rampa † (22 Sep 1879 Confirmed - 17 Sep 1888 Died)
• Johannes Fidelis Battaglia † (14 Feb 1889 Confirmed - 12 Feb 1908 Retired)
• Georg Schmid von Grüneck † (13 Jul 1908 Confirmed - 6 May 1932 Died)
• Laurenz Matthias Vincenz † (6 May 1932 Succeeded - 29 Jul 1941 Died)
• Christian Josef Caminada † (17 Oct 1941 Confirmed - 18 Jan 1962 Died)
• Johannes Anton Vonderach † (18 Jan 1962 Succeeded - 22 May 1990 Retired)
• Wolfgang Haas (22 May 1990 Succeeded - 2 Dec 1997 Appointed, Archbishop of Vaduz)
• Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (12 Jun 1998 Confirmed - 5 Feb 2007 Retired)
• Vitus Huonder † (8 Jul 2007 Appointed - 20 May 2019 Retired)
• Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei (15 Feb 2021 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Chur
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Chur (erected)
1621	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chur	Congregation of Pious Workers ((from Cong. of Christian Doctrine)) Prefecture Apostolic of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia) (erected)
2 May 1818	Territory Added	Diocese of Konstanz {Constance}	Diocese of Basel Diocese of Chur
Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen
2 July 1823	Name Changed	Diocese of Chur	Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen
Diocese of Chur
8 April 1847	Split	Diocese of Chur-Sankt Gallen	Diocese of Chur Diocese of Sankt Gallen
1921	Territory Added	Prefecture Apostolic of Rhétie (Rezia, Rhaetia) (suppressed)	Diocese of Chur
2 December 1997	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chur (Liechtenstein)	Archdiocese of Vaduz (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Chur
1948		980,162	.0%	545	415	960	0		497	3,160	264	ap1951
1970	555,360	1,311,930	42.3%	574	400	974	570		400	2,565	259	ap1971
1980	790,000	1,690,000	46.7%	571	402	973	811		477	1,935	340	ap1981
1990	726,000	1,631,000	44.5%	480	307	787	922	2	365	1,883	341	ap1991
1999	684,930	1,649,000	41.5%	422	237	659	1,039	17	305	1,116	305	ap2000
2000	655,500	1,582,100	41.4%	393	240	633	1,035	18	308	1,942	309	ap2001
2001	631,020	1,593,555	39.6%	388	228	616	1,024	28	334	1,100	309	ap2002
2002	610,030	1,530,450	39.9%	387	278	665	917	31	375	1,075	309	ap2003
2003	658,770	1,706,290	38.6%	377	296	673	978	28	405	1,065	309	ap2004
2004	777,280	1,642,575	47.3%	385	300	685	1,134	33	366	977	309	ap2005
2006	686,446	1,655,708	41.5%	381	280	661	1,038	36	395	965	308	ap2007
2013	650,660	1,859,376	35.0%	351	226	577	1,127	51	340	917	312	ap2014
2016	695,631	1,972,803	35.3%	349	167	516	1,348	59	279	795	310	ap2017
2019	679,946	2,041,680	33.3%	343	173	516	1,317	60	278	750	309	ap2020
2021	677,220	2,089,107	32.4%	338	160	498	1,359	68	246	806	310	ap2022

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei (Bishop: 15 Feb 2021 - )
• Pierre Bürcher (Apostolic Administrator: 20 May 2019 to 19 Mar 2021)
• Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Dec 2009 to 15 Feb 2021)
• Wolfgang Haas (Priest: 7 Apr 1974; Coadjutor Bishop: 25 Mar 1988; Bishop: 22 May 1990 to 2 Dec 1997)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Johannes Abundi † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1418 to 11 Jul 1418)
• Heinrich von Arbon † (Bishop: 1180 to 9 Nov 1193)
• Johannes Fidelis Battaglia † (Priest: 2 Jun 1855; Bishop: 14 Feb 1889 to 12 Feb 1908)
• Konrad von Belmont † (Bishop: 1272 to 25 Sep 1282)
• Konrad von Biberegg † (Bishop: 1123 to 1145)
• Johann Georg Maria Lorenz Bossi † (Priest: 15 Apr 1797; Bishop: 6 Apr 1835 to 9 Jan 1844)
• Ortlieb Brandis † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1458 to 25 Jul 1491)
• Balthasar Brennwald, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 May 1491 to 12 Dec 1500)
• Karl Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein † (Deacon: 5 Apr 1783; Priest: 14 Jun 1783; Bishop: 12 Sep 1794 to 23 Oct 1833)
• Christian Josef Caminada † (Priest: 22 Jul 1900; Bishop: 17 Oct 1941 to 18 Jan 1962)
• Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken † (Deacon: 22 Dec 1804; Priest: 30 Dec 1804; Coadjutor Bishop: 27 Jan 1843; Bishop: 9 Jan 1844 to 19 Apr 1859)
• Reinhert della Torre † (Bishop: 1194 to 1209)
• Beatus di Porta † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1565 to 1581)
• Egino von Ehrenfels † (Bishop: 1160 to 9 Aug 1170)
• Friedrich von Erdingen † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1368 to 2 Apr 1376)
• Johann Baptist Anton von Federspiel † (Priest: 22 Jul 1731; Bishop: 21 Jul 1755 to 27 Feb 1777)
• Ulrich von Federspiel † (Deacon: 14 Mar 1682; Priest: 28 Mar 1682; Bishop: 1 Dec 1692 to 11 Oct 1728)
• Nikolaus Franz Florentini † (Deacon: 5 Apr 1817; Priest: 7 Apr 1817; Bishop: 26 Sep 1859 to 27 Feb 1877)
• Johann Flugi d’Apremont † (Priest: 1621; Bishop: 22 Sep 1636 to 24 Jan 1661)
• Johann Flugi d’Apremont † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1601 to 24 Aug 1627)
• Siegfried von Gelnhausen † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1298 to 19 Jul 1321)
• Peter Gelyto (Wurst, Jelito) † (Bishop: 10 Jun 1356 to 9 Jun 1368)
• Anton Gisler † (Priest: 28 Oct 1887; Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Apr 1928 to 4 Jan 1932)
• Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1998 to 5 Feb 2007)
• Rudolf von Güttingen, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1223 to 18 Sep 1226)
• Albert von Haller † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1858 to 28 Nov 1858)
• Berthold von Heiligenberg † (Bishop: 1290 to 17 Jan 1298)
• Berthold von Helfenstein † (Bishop: 1226 to 25 Aug 1233)
• John Martin Henni †
• Peter Henrici, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Mar 1993 to 5 Feb 2007)
• Heinrich von Hewen † (Apostolic Administrator: 8 Mar 1441 to 10 May 1456)
• Vitus Huonder † (Priest: 25 Sep 1971; Bishop: 8 Jul 2007 to 20 May 2019)
• Luzius Iter † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1542 to 4 Dec 1549)
• Ulrich von Kyburg † (Bishop: 1233 to 17 Jun 1237)
• Martin Marty, O.S.B. †
• Arnold von Matsch † (Bishop: 1209 to 24 Dec 1221)
• Johannes Ministri † (Bishop: 2 Apr 1376 to 13 Jun 1388)
• Johann Peter Mirer † (Priest: 19 Dec 1801 to 13 May 1836)
• Joseph Mohr von Zernetz † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1627 to 6 Aug 1635)
• Ulrich de Mont † (Priest: 1649; Bishop: 19 Dec 1661 to 28 Feb 1692)
• Friedrich von Montfort † (Bishop: 1282 to 3 Jun 1290)
• Heinrich von Montfort, O.P. † (Bishop: Dec 1251 to 14 Nov 1272)
• Rudolf von Montfort (-Feldkirch) † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1322 to 1 Oct 1322; Apostolic Administrator: 1 Oct 1322 to 30 Jul 1325)
• Johannes Naso (Naz) † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1418 to 24 Jan 1440)
• Volkard von Neuburg † (Bishop: 1237 to 16 Oct 1251)
• Johannes Pfefferhard † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1325 to 23 May 1331)
• Thomas von Planta † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1550 to 28 Apr 1565)
• Johann Platzgummer †
• Franz Konstantin Rampa † (Priest: 1863; Bishop: 22 Sep 1879 to 17 Sep 1888)
• Peter von Rascher † (Bishop: 6 Nov 1581 to 3 Jan 1601)
• Konrad von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg † (Apostolic Administrator: 24 Apr 1440 to 8 Mar 1441)
• Heinrich von Rialt †
• Ulrich Ribi, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1331 to 25 Mar 1355)
• Dionys von Rost † (Priest: 21 Sep 1740; Bishop: 28 Jul 1777 to 31 Oct 1793)
• Joseph Benedikt von Rost † (Priest: 25 Jun 1720; Bishop: 23 Mar 1729 to 12 Nov 1754)
• Georg Schmid von Grüneck † (Deacon: 11 Apr 1875; Priest: 1 Aug 1875; Bishop: 13 Jul 1908 to 6 May 1932)
• Giovanni Tedeschi, O.E.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1338 to 23 Oct 1349)
• Ulrich von Tegerfelden, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1170 to 1179)
• Antonio de Tosabeciis † (Bishop: 10 May 1456 to 1 Oct 1456)
• Stefan Tschugli, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Mar 1501)
• Laurenz Matthias Vincenz † (Priest: 19 Jul 1899; Coadjutor Bishop: 30 Mar 1932; Bishop: 6 May 1932 to 29 Jul 1941)
• Paul Vollmar, S. M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Mar 1993 to 15 Oct 2009)
• Hans Urs von Balthasar † (Priest: 2 Feb 1956 to 26 Jun 1988)
• Johannes Anton Vonderach † (Priest: 7 Jul 1940; Coadjutor Bishop: 31 Oct 1957; Bishop: 18 Jan 1962 to 22 May 1990)
• Heinrich von Höwen (Hewen) † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1491 to 6 Jun 1505)
• Hartmann von Werdenberg-Sargans † (Bishop: 24 Oct 1388 to 6 Sep 1416)
• Dominikus (Martin Karl) Willi, O. Cist. †
• Kaspar (Balthasar) Willi, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 1868; Bishop: 12 Mar 1877 to 17 Apr 1879)
• Leonhard Wismair (Wyssmayer) † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1456 to 20 May 1458)
• John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti †
• Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1505 to 25 Aug 1541)
• Bl. Adalgott , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1151 to 3 Oct 1160)
• Antonius † (Bishop: 15 Feb 1390)
• Bruno † (Bishop: 1179 to 1180)
• Nortpert † (Bishop: 1079 to 26 Jan 1088)

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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