Bishop of Chur

Chur Cathedral

The Bishop of Chur (German: Bischof von Chur) is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur, Grisons, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Curiensis).

History

Further information: Churraetia

A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/452 when Asinius attended the Synod of Milan, but probably existed a century earlier. According to local tradition, the first Bishop of Chur was St. Lucius, a reputed King of Britain, who is said to have died a martyr at Chur about the year 176, and whose relics are preserved in the cathedral. In the 7th century the bishopric acquired several territories south to the Lake of Constance. The see was at first suffragan to the archbishop of Milan, but after the treaty of Verdun (843) it became suffragan to Mainz. In 958 Holy Roman Emperor Otto I gave the bishopric to his vassal Hartpert with numerous privileges including control over the Septimer Pass, at the time the main pass through the central Alps. These concessions strengthened the bishopric's temporal power and later it became a princedom within the Holy Roman Empire.

At the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors in the 12th to early 13th centuries, some bishops of Chur were appointed by the emperor, which for a period led to existence of two bishops at the same time, the other being appointed by the pope. In the 14th century bishop Siegfried von Gelnhausen acquired the imperial diocese of Chur from the Barons Von Vaz and represented emperor Henry VII in Italy.

In 1803 the see became immediately subject to the Holy See. Until 1997, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vaduz had been part of the diocese of Chur. As of May 20, 2019, the position of is vacant, though Pierre Bürcher runs the Diocese as apostolic administrator.

List of Bishops of Chur

Term	Bishop	Notes
452-455	Asinio
ca. 460	Pruritius
ca. 470	Claudian
ca. 485	Ursicinus I
ca. 495	Sidonius
ca. 520	Eddo
530-546	Valentinianus
548-?	Paulinus
ca. 590	Theodore
ca. 614	Victor I
?	Verendarius ?
?-681	Ruthard
681-696	Paschal
696?-712	Victor II
712-735	Vigilius
ca. 740	Adalbert
754-760	Ursicinus II
759-765	Tello
773-800?	Constantius
800-820	Remigius
820-833	Victor III
833-844	Verendarius
844-849	Gerbrach
849-879	Hesso
879-887	Rothar
887-914	Dietholf
914-949	Waldo I
949-968	Hartbert
969-995	Hiltibold
995-1002	Waldo II
1002–1026	Ulrich I
1026–1039	Hartmann I
1039–1070	Dietmar
1070–1078	Heinrich I
1079–1088	Norbert
1089–1095	Ulrich II von Tarasp
1095–1122	Guido
1122–1142	Konrad I von Biberegg
1142–1150	Konrad II von Tegerfelden
1150–1160	Adalgod
1160–1170	Egino von Ehrenfels
1170–1179	Ulrich III von Tegerfelden
1179–1180	Bruno von Ehrenfels
1180–1193	Heinrich II von Arbon
1194?-1200	Arnold I von Matsch
1200–1209	Rainier
1209	Walter von Tegerfelden
1209–1221	Arnold II von Matsch
1221–1222	Heinrich III von Realta and/or Albrecht von Güttingen, Abbot of St. Gall ||
1222–1226	Rudolf I von Güttingen
1226–1233	Berthold Graf von Helfenstein
1233–1237	Ulrich IV Graf von Kyburg
1237–1251	Volkhard von Neuenburg
1251–1272	Heinrich IV Graf von Montfort
1272–1282	Konrad III von Belmont
1282–1290	Friedrich I Graf von Montfort
1290–1298	Berthold II Graf von Heiligenberg
1298	Hugo Graf von Montfort
1298–1321	Siegfried von Geilnhausen
1321–1324	Rudolf II Graf von Montfort
1324–1325	Hermann von Eichenbach
1325–1331	Johann I von Pfefferhart
1331–1355	Ulrich V von Lenzburg
1355–1368	Peter Gelyto
1368–1376	Friedrich II von Erdingen
1376–1388	Johann II von Ehingen
1388–1390	Bartholomew
1390–1416	Hartmann II, Count of Werdenberg-Sargans
1416–1417	Johann III Ambundi
1417–1440	Johann IV Naso
1440–1441	Konrad IV von Rechberg
1441–1453	Heinrich V von Höwen	Bishop of Constance
1453–1458	Leonhard Wyssmayer
1458–1491	Ortlieb von Brandis
1491–1503	Heinrich VI von Höwen
1503–1541	Paul Ziegler von Ziegelberg
1541–1548	Licius Iter
1548–1565	Thomas Planta
1565–1581	Beatus à Porta
1581–1601	Peter II von Rascher
1601–1627	Giovanni V
1627–1635	Joseph Mohr, von Zernez
1636–1661	Giovanni VI Johann Flugi d'Apremont
1661–1692	Ulrich VI di Monte-Villa
1692–1728	Ulrich VII von Federspiel
1728–1754	Joseph Benedict von Rost
1755–1777	Johann Anton von Federspiel
1777–1794	Franz Dionysius von Rost
1794–1833	Karl Rudolf Graf von Buol-Schauenstein	last prince-bishop (until 1803)
1834–1844	Johann Georg Bossi
1844–1859	Kaspar I de Carl ab Hohenbalken
1859–1876	Nikolaus Franz Florentini
1877–1879	Kaspar II Willi
1879–1888	Franz Konstantin Rampa
1888–1908	Johannes Fidelis Battaglia
1908–1932	Georg Schmid von Grüneck
1932–1941	Laurenz Matthias Vincenz
1941–1962	Cristiano Caminada
1962–1990	Johannes Vonderach
1990–1997	Wolfgang Haas
1997–2007	Amédée Grab
2007–2019	Vitus Huonder

External links

• Official website (in German)