Bishop of Chur | |
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| Catholic | |
| Incumbent: Joseph Maria Bonnemain | |
| Information | |
| First holder | Asinio |
| Diocese | Chur |
| Cathedral | 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). [1] [2]
A Bishop of Chur is first mentioned in 451/452 when Asinius attended the Synod of Milan, [3] but probably existed a century earlier. According to local tradition, the first Bishop of Chur was Saint Lucius, 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.
| Term | Bishop | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ca. 176 | Lucius | |
| 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 [4] | |
| 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 | |
| 2021- | Joseph Maria Bonnemain |
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