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.
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- 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.
- San LorenzoArvigoView parish
- San MartinoSoazzaView parish
- San MaurizioCamaView parish
- San PietroVerdabbioView parish
- San Vittore MauroPoschiavoView parish
- Santa DomenicaSanta DomenicaView parish
- Santa Maria AssuntaSanta Maria in CalancaView parish
- Sante Maria ed ElisabettaVianoView parish
- Santi Bernardo e NicolaoLandarencaView parish
- Santi Bernardo ed Antonio AbateLeggiaView parish
- Santi Giacomo e PietroSelmaView parish
- Santi Giovanni Battista e Vittore MartireSan VittoreView parish
- Santi Giuseppe ed Antonio da PadovaAugioView parish
- Santi Pietro e PaoloMesoccoView parish
- Santi Pietro ed Antonio AbateBusenoView parish
- Santo StefanoCastanedaView parish
- Sant’AntonioSant’AntonioView parish
- Sant’Antonio AbateCaucoView parish
- Sant’Antonio da PadovaColognaView parish
- Sogn GionsDisentisView parish
- Sogn VintschegnVellaView parish
- Son AndriuRueunView parish
- Son AntieniRonaView parish
- Son AntoniCavardirasView parish
- Son AntoniRumeinView parish
- Son AntoniusLantschView parish
- Son ApollinariTersnausView parish
- Son BistgaunDardinView parish
- Son Bistgaun e Son RocSegnasView parish
- Son CalixtBrienzView 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.