Conférence des Evêques Suisses (C.E.S.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Conference of Bishops of Switzerland (English) / Schweizer Bischofskonferenz (S.B.K.) (Deutsch) / Conferenza dei Vescovi svizzeri (C.V.S.) (Italiano)

Country: Switzerland

Address: Secrétariat de la Conférence des Évêques Suisses, C.P. 278, rue des Alpes 6, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

Phone: (026)322.47.94

Website:

History

1863: Established as Conférence des Evêques Suisses (C.E.S.) (français) / Conference of Bishops of Switzerland (English) / Schweizer Bischofskonferenz (S.B.K.) (Deutsch) / Conferenza dei Vescovi svizzeri (C.V.S.) (Italiano)

Present Officials

President (2025.01.01 – ...):	Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (63) Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Switzerland)
Vice-President (2025.01.01 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Marie Bonnemain, Opus Dei (77) Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)
General Secretary (2022.01.01 – ...):	Mr. Davide Pesenti

Past Officials

President: Bishop Felix Gmür (59) (2019.01.01 – 2025.01.01)
President: Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (63) (2016.01.01 – 2019.01.01)
President: Bishop Markus Büchel (76) (2012.09.05 – 2016.01.01)
President: Bishop Norbert Brunner (83) (2010 – 2012.09.05)
President: Bishop Kurt Koch (75) (later Cardinal) (2006 – 2009)
President: Bishop Amédée Grab, O.S.B. (1997 – 2006)
President: Bishop Henri Salina, C.R.A. (1994 – 1997)
President: Bishop Pierre Mamie (1991 – 1994)
President: Bishop Joseph Candolfi (1988 – 1991)
President: Bishop Henri Schwery (later Cardinal) (1983 – 1988)
President: Bishop Otmar Mäder (1979 – 1983)
President: Bishop Pierre Mamie (1977 – 1979)
President: Bishop Anton Hänggi (1976 – 1977)
President: Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. (1970 – 1976)
President: Bishop Johannes Vonderach (1967 – 1970)
President: Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini (1958 – 1967)
Vice-President: Bishop Markus Büchel (76) (2019.01.01 – 2025.01.01)
Vice-President: Bishop Felix Gmür (59) (2016.01.01 – 2019.01.01)
Vice-President: Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (63) (2012.09.05 – 2016.01.01)
Vice-President: Bishop Markus Büchel (76) (2010 – 2012.09.05)
Vice-President: Bishop Norbert Brunner (83) (2006 – 2010)
Vice-President: Bishop Kurt Koch (75) (later Cardinal) (1998 – 2006)
Vice-President: Bishop Gabriel Bullet (1988 – 1991)
General Secretary: Mr. Ervin Tanner (2011 – 2021.12.31)

Last updated on 2025.09.22