Bishop Pierre Bürcher

Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Dec 1945		Born
27 Mar 1971	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
29 Jan 1994	48.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
29 Jan 1994	48.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena
12 Mar 1994	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena
30 Oct 2007	61.8	Appointed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
15 Dec 2007	61.9	Installed	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
18 Sep 2015	69.7	Resigned	Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland
20 May 2019	73.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Chur, Switzerland
19 Mar 2021	75.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Chur, Switzerland

MicroData Summary for Pierre Bürcher
(VIAF: 20147121769526392535; WikiData: Q124218)
Bishop Pierre Bürcher (born 20 Dec 1945) Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Fiesch
Ordained Bishop Saint-Nicolas, Cathedral, Fribourg, Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Reykjavik.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pierre Mamie †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Henri Cardinal Schwery †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Bishop Gabriel Bullet †
Titular Bishop of Glavinitza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pierre Mamie † (1968)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
Bishop François Charrière † (1945)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap. (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Genoud † (1999)
Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain, Opus Dei (2021)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 30 Oct 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,301
r: Bollettino, 18 Sep 2015
aadm: Bollettino, 20 May 2019
obl: CB, 17 Sep 2019

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