Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Chur, Switzerland
Diocese of Chur
Curien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Chur is a Latin Church diocese in Switzerland dating to the 5th century, covering German-speaking cantons including Graubünden, Zurich, Schwyz, and Uri. It is an exempt diocese immediately subject to the Holy See, with Saint Lucius of Chur as patron. The bishop since 2021 is Joseph Maria Bonnemain of Opus Dei.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Catholics
- 677,220
- Priests
- 590
- Territory
- 12,272 km²
Parishes and churches
332 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Mariä EmpfängnisBergünView parish
- Mariä EmpfängnisArdezView parish
- Mariä EmpfängnisDavosView parish
- Mariä EmpfängnisValchavaView parish
- Mariä GeburtRhäzünsView parish
- Mariä HimmelfahrtBonaduzView parish
- Mariä HimmelfahrtArosaView parish
- Mariä HimmelfahrtDomat/EmsView parish
- Mariä HimmelfahrtLinthalView parish
- Mariä HimmelfahrtSchwandenView parish
- Mariä KrönungTumeglView parish
- Mariä KrönungGossauView parish
- NossadonnaAlvaneuView parish
- NossadonnaSavogninView parish
- NossadunnaVrinView parish
- NossadunnaSagognView parish
- Nossadunna dil ScapulierRabiusView parish
- Sacra FamigliaCampocolognoView parish
- San BartolomeoBraggioView parish
- San BernardinoSan BernardinoView parish
- San BernardoPradaView parish
- San BernardoRossaView parish
- San CarloSan CarloView parish
- San Carlo BorromeoBrusioView parish
- San ClementeGronoView parish
- San Francesco d’AssisiLe PreseView parish
- San GaudenzioVicosopranoView parish
- San GiorgioLostalloView parish
- San Giovanni BattistaPagnonciniView parish
- San GiulioRoveredoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Maria Bonnemain
- Born
- 26 July 1948
- Birthplace
- Barcelona
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption stands in Chur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Chur (Latin: Diœcesis Curiensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Switzerland, distinct from the historical Prince-Bishopric of Chur, which was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory takes in the Swiss Cantons of Graubünden (Grisons), Schwyz, Glarus, Zurich, Nidwalden, Obwalden, and Uri, where German is the primary language.