Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig

Apostolic Nuncio

Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Feb 1947		Born
11 Apr 1974	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
4 May 1996	49.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Voli
4 May 1996	49.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
27 Jun 1996	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Voli
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antilles
8 Jul 2000	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas, Antilles
20 Jan 2001	53.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados, Antilles
20 Jan 2001	53.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Antilles
20 Jan 2001	53.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname, Antilles
1 Jun 2001	54.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antilles
22 May 2004	57.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea
17 Jun 2004	57.3	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia
26 Jan 2008	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden
26 Jan 2008	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark
26 Jan 2008	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Finland
26 Jan 2008	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland
26 Jan 2008	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Norway
5 Jan 2012	64.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
12 Sep 2017	70.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
12 Sep 2017	70.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino
30 Sep 2023	76.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
30 Sep 2023	76.6	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2023	76.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
11 Mar 2024	77.1	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
11 Mar 2024	77.1	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino

MicroData Summary for Emil Paul Tscherrig
(VIAF: 501159234786103372747; WikiData: Q124553)
Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig (born 3 Feb 1947) Apostolic Nuncio

Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Unterems, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Henri Cardinal Schwery †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Bishop Norbert Brunner
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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:
Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (2024)
Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Unterems, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 26 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,763
ab: Bollettino, 5 Jan 2012
ab: Bollettino, 12 Sep 2017
opd: AM, 24 Sep 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cdea: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
i: Bollettino, 13 Nov 2023

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