{{Short description|Coordination body of the Catholic dioceses in Switzerland}} {{no footnotes|date=November 2013}} thumb|right|Logo of the bishops' conference The '''Swiss Bishops' Conference''' ('''SBC'''; {{langx|de|Schweizer Bischofskonferenz}}; {{langx|fr|Conférence des évêques suisses}}; {{langx|it|Conferenza dei vescovi svizzeri}}; {{langx|rm|Conferenza dals uvestgs svizzers}}) is the coordinating body of the Catholic dioceses in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 as the world's first Bishops Conference and is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.
==Members== It meets quarterly and comprises 9 members: the bishops of the six dioceses of Switzerland, the auxiliary bishops and the two abbots of Saint-Maurice and Einsiedeln.
* Bishops of dioceses : ** Felix Gmür (Basel) ** Charles Morerod, O.P. (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg) ** {{ill|Alain de Raemy|fr}} (Apostolic administrator of Lugano) ** Markus Büchel (Saint Gallen) ** Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B. (Sion) ** Joseph Maria Bonnemain (Chur) * Auxiliary bishop by diocese : ** {{ill|Alain de Raemy|fr}} (Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg) * Territorial abbots by abbey : ** Urban Federer, O.S.B. (Einsiedeln) ** {{ill|Jean César Scarcella|de}}, C.R.A. (Saint-Maurice)
===Dioceses=== *Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, based in Solothurn *Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, based in Chur *Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, based in Fribourg *Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugano, based in Lugano *Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Gallen, based in St. Gallen *Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion, based in Sion
===Territorial abbeys=== *Einsiedeln Abbey *Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum
==Presidents== *Pierre-François de Preux, Bishop of Sion (1863–1875) *Marilley Etienne, Bishop of Lausanne (1876–1879) *Karl Johann Greith, Bishop of St. Gallen (1880–1881) *Eugene Lachat, Bishop of Basel (1882–1886) *Gaspard Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (1887–1890) *Adrien Jardinier, Bishop of Sion (1891–1894) *Augustine Egger, Bishop of St. Gallen (1895–1905) *John Fidelis Battaglia, Bishop of Chur (1906–1911) *Jules-Maurice Abbet, Bishop of Sion (1912–1917) *Jakob Stammler, Bishop of Basle-Lugano (1918–1924) *Georg Schmid Grüneck, Bishop of Chur (1925–1931) *Aurelio Bacciarini, Apostolic Administrator of the Tessin (1932–1933) *Victor Biel, Bishop of Sion (1935–1951) *Angelo Jelmini, Apostolic Administrator of Lugano (1952–1967) *Vonderach John, Bishop of Chur (1967–1970) *Nestor Adam, Bishop of Sion (1970–1976) *Anton Hänggi, Bishop of Basel (1976–1977) *Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1977–1979) *Otmar Maeder, Bishop of St. Gallen (1980–1982) *Henri Schwery, Bishop of Sion (1983–1988) *Joseph Candolfi, Auxiliary Bishop of Basel (1989–1991), illegally, not because the diocesan bishop. Complaint of Rome. *Pierre Mamie, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1992–1994) (2x) *Henri Salina C.R.A., abbot of Saint-Maurice (1995–1997) *Amédée Grab O.S.B., Bishop of Chur (1998–2006) *Kurt Koch, Bishop of Basel (2007–2009) *Norbert Brunner, Bishop of Sion (2010–2012) *Markus Büchel, Bishop of St. Gallen (2013–2015) *Charles Morerod, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (2016–2018) *Felix Gmür, Bishop of Basel (since 2019)
==See also== *Catholic Church in Switzerland
==External links== * http://www.bischoefe.ch/ * http://www.kath.ch/ * http://www.eveques.ch/ * http://www.eveques.ch/nous/eveques/eveques-ces
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