Norbert Brunner (bishop)

{{Short description|Swiss Catholic prelate}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency | name = Norbert Brunner | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Bishop Emeritus of Sion | image = | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Bishop Emeritus Brunner | church = Roman Catholic | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Diocese of Sion | see = | elected = | appointed = 1 April 1995 | term = | term_start = 9 June 1995 | quashed = | term_end = 8 July 2014 | predecessor = Henri Schwery | opposed = | successor = Jean-Marie Lovey | other_post =  | ordination = 6 July 1968 | ordained_by = | consecration = 9 June 1995 | consecrated_by = Henri Schwery | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank =  | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|6|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Naters Switzerland | death_date =  | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Swiss | religion = | residence = | parents = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Norbert Brunner.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | other = }} '''Norbert Brunner''' (born 21 June 1942) is a Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion in Switzerland from 1995 to 2014. He was the elected President of the Swiss Bishops Conference for the term 2010–2012.

==Biography== Brunner was born 1942 in Naters, Valais. He studied at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on July 6, 1968.

His resignation as Bishop of Sion was accepted, in accordance with Canon 401.2 of the 1983 Latin rite Code of Canon Law, by Pope Francis on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, and that same day, Pope Francis named the Right Reverend Abbot Jean-Marie Lovey c.r.b, then the Provost (Superior General) of the Congregation of Canons Regular of St. Bernard the Great, as Brunner's successor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-08 |title=Rinunce e nomine, 08.07.2014 |trans-title=Resignations & Appointments, July 8th 2014 |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/08/0506/01126.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231527/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/08/0506/01126.html |archive-date=2014-07-14 |website=Holy See Press Office}}</ref>

==Views==

In November 2009, he declared that he was in favor of the ordination of married priests, and that most Swiss Bishops shared his view.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Catholic_bishop_calls_for_married_priests.html?siteSect=104&sid=11553794&ty=nd|title=Catholic bishop calls for married priests|date=2009-11-29|website=Swiss Info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122204650/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/catholic-bishop-calls-for-married-priests/7795462|archive-date=2020-01-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During a Synod, Bishop Brunner insisted that the measures taken at Vatican II to promote collegiality still had not found their objective. Once again, he said with preoccupation, "what value do the pastoral needs of the local churches have for the Roman Curia?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collegiality Vs. Centralization Dominates Synod |url=https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/catholic/2001/10/collegiality-vs-centralization-dominates-synod.aspx |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=www.beliefnet.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww17.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/101201/101201f.htm|title=natcath.com - natcath Resources and Information.|website=ww17.natcath.com}}</ref>

Brunner wrote about the canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X and concluded that the 1988 consecrations were valid but illicit, in the sense that Lefebvre did consecrate bishops but that these consecrations were against existing canonical norms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacrosanctum-concilium.org/textes/dc/1997/621/621.php |title=Sacrosanctum-concilium.org |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025726/http://www.sacrosanctum-concilium.org/textes/dc/1997/621/621.php |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.cath-vs.ch/ Diocèse de Sion] {{in lang|fr}} *[http://www.kath.ch/sbk-ces-cvs/person_detail.php?advpfiid=5509&allfunk=y Profile] {{in lang|de|fr}}

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before=Henri Schwery}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Sion|years=1995—2014}} {{s-aft|after=Jean-Marie Lovey, CRB}} {{s-bef|before=Kurt Koch}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference|years=2010—present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}

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