Catholic Church in Switzerland

By Type (9)

Territorial Abbacies Territorial Abbacy (2)

By Rite

Roman Rite (8): Basel, Chur, Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, Lugano, Maria Einsiedeln, Saint-Maurice d’Agaune, Sankt Gallen, Sion

Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

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Apostolic Nunciature: Switzerland

Holy See Representation: United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva (UNOG)

Holy See Representation: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Holy See Representation: International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Suisses (C.E.S.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Flüe (September 25)

Saints: 48 Saints, 10 Blesseds

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

2018.06.21: Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Geneva
2004.06.05 – 2004.06.06: Apostolic Journey to Bern, Switzerland
1984.06.11 – 1984.06.17: Apostolic Journey to Switzerland
1982.06.15: Apostolic Journey to Geneva, Switzerland
1969.06.10: Visit to the United Nations at Geneva

Geography

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Berne

Area: 39,997 km²

Population: 8,236,303

Neighbouring Countries: ← France , ↑ Germany , → Austria , → Liechtenstein , ↓ Italy

Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic 37.3%, Protestant 24.9%, other Christian 5.8%, Muslim 5.1%, other 1.4%, Jewish 0.2%, none 23.9%, unspecified 1.3%

Languages: German (or Swiss German) (official) 63%, French (official) 22.7%, Italian (official) 8.1%, English 4.9%, Portuguese 3.7%, Albanian 3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.4%, Spanish 2.2%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 7.1%

Ethnic Groups: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%

Motto: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (Latin) (One for all, all for one)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 41,284 km²

Catholic Population: 3,549,000 Catholics (40.8% of 8,696,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,575 parishes, 2 mission stations (with resident priest), 154 other centres

Clergy: 19 bishops (6 diocesan, 13 titular), 2,057 priests (1,342 diocesan, 715 religious), 249 permanent deacons (245 diocesan, 4 religious)

Non-Clergy: 4,063 religious (169 brothers, 3,894 sisters), 159 members of secular institutes (6 brothers, 153 sisters), 148 major seminarians, 800 missionaries, 2,217 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists