List of bishops of Sion
List of bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion:
Late Antiquity
- Bishops of Agaunum (Octodurum)
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
fl. 380s | Theodore | ||
fl. 440 | Salvius/Silvius | ||
fl. 490 | Prothais | ||
516(?) | Theodore II(?) | ||
517 | Constantinus | ||
549 | Rufus | ||
565 | Agricola |
Early Middle Ages
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
585 | Heliodorus | ||
613 | 614 | Leudemond | |
647 | 653 | Prothais | |
673 | 690 | Saint Aimé | |
762 | 765 | Willicar | |
786/8 | 796/8 | Altheus | |
fl. 805 | Theodore III(?) | According to 12th-century legend, secular power was granted to the bishops of Sion by Charlemagne | |
fl. 824 | Adalongus | ||
825 | 857 | Heyminus | |
877 | 899/900 | Waltherius | |
932 | Asmundus | ||
fl. 940 | Manfredus (?) | ||
983 | 984/5 | Amizo | |
Prince-bishops of Sion
Middle Ages
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
993/4 | 1018/20 | Hugues | First prince-bishop, granted secular power by Rudolph III of Burgundy in c. 999 |
1034 | 1053/4 | Aymon of Savoy | Succeeded his brother Buchardus as Abbot of St Maurice in 1049 or 1050 |
1054 | 1087-1090 | Ermenfroi | |
fl. 1092 | Gausbertus | ||
1107 | 1116 | Vilencus | |
1135 | 1138 | Boson | |
1138 | 1150 | Saint Guérin | |
1150 | 1162(?) | Louis | |
1162 | 1168 (?) | Amédée of La Tour | |
1176 | 1177 | Guillaume of Blonay | |
1179 | 1181 or 1184 | Conon | |
1184(?) | 1196 | Guillaume of Candie | |
1196 | 1203 | Nantelme of Écublens | |
1203 | 1205 | Guillaume of Saillon | |
1206 | 1237 | Landry of Mont | |
1237 | 1243 | Boson II of Granges | |
1243 | 1271 | Henri of Rarogne | |
1271 | 1273 | Rodolphe of Valpelline | |
1273 | 1287 | Pierre of Oron | |
February 1287 | 15 December 1289 | vacant | |
1289 | 1308 | Boniface of Challant | |
1308 | 1323 | Aymon of Châtillon | |
1323 | 1338 | Aymon of La Tour | |
1338 | 1342 | Philippe of Chamberlhac | |
1342 | 1375 | Guichard Tavelli | Murdered by defenestration |
1375 | 1386 | Édouard of Savoy | |
Western Schism
- loyal to Avignon
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1386 | 1386 | Guillaume of La Baume-Saint-Amourb | |
1387 | 1387 | Robert Chambrier | |
1388 | 1392 | Humbert de Billens | |
1398 | 1404 | Aymon Séchala | |
1404 | 1417 | Jacques (Antoine?) de Challant | |
- loyal to Rome
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1387 | 1388 | Gerardus (Girard Tavel?) | |
1392 | 1393 | Henri de Blanchis | |
1394 | 1402 | Guillaume IV ("the Good") of Rarogne | |
1402 | 1418 | Guillaume V of Rarogne | see Raron affair |
Renaissance to early modern
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1418 | 1437 | André dei Benzi of Gualdo | Archbishop of Kolocza (in Hungary); administrator from 1418, bishop from 1431. Valais witch trials. |
1437 | 1451 | Guillaume VI of Rarogne | |
1451 | 1457 | Henri Asperlin | |
1457 | 1482 | Walter Supersaxo | Burgundian War |
1482 | 1496 | Jost of Silenen (d. 1498) | Member of Lucerne nobility (uncle of Kaspar von Silenen) and diplomat for the Swiss Confederacy, bishop of Grenoble 1477–1467, Jost ruled as a "Renaissance prince" but after failed campaigns against Milan was forced to abdicate and went into exile in Lyon, retaining only the title of titular bishop of Hierapolis. |
1496 | 1499 | Nicolas Schiner | |
1499 | 1522 | Mathieu Schiner | Cardinal; nephew of Nicolas Schiner |
1522 | 1528 | Philippe am Hengart (not recognised by the Pope) Philippe de Platea (not recognised locally) |
|
1529 | 1545 | Adrien I of Riedmatten | Valais becomes an eternal associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1529. |
1548 | 1565 | Jean Jordan | |
1565 | 1604 | Hildebrand I of Riedmatten | Banned protestantism in 1604[1] |
1604 | 1613 | Adrien II of Riedmatten | |
1613 | 1638 | Hildebrand II Jost | In 1628, the Valais becomes a republic, but remains under the nominal rule of the prince-bishops. |
1638 | 1640 | Barthélemy Supersaxo | |
1640 | 1646 | Adrien III of Riedmatten | |
1646 | 1672 | Adrien IV of Riedmatten | |
1672 | 1701 | Adrien V of Riedmatten | |
1701 | 1734 | François-Joseph Supersaxo | |
1734 | 1752 | Jean-Joseph-Arnold Blatter | |
1752 | 1760 | Jean-Hildebrand Roten | |
1760 | 1780 | François-Joseph-Frédéric Ambuel | |
1780 | 1790 | François-Melchior-Joseph Zen-Ruffinen | |
1790 | 1807 | Joseph Anton Blatter | Last prince-bishop, loss of secular power with the French invasion of 1798. |
Modern history
From | To | Bishop | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1807 | 1817 | Joseph-François-Xavier de Preux | |
1817 | 1829 | Auguste-Sulpice Zen-Ruffinen | |
1830 | 1843 | Maurice-Fabien Roten | |
1843 | 1875 | Pierre-Joseph de Preux | |
1875 | 1901 | Adrien VI Jardinier | |
1901 | 11 July 1918 | Jules-Maurice Abbet | Born 11 September 1845 |
1919 | 19 March 1952 | Victor Bieler | Born 16 March 1881 |
1952 | 1975 | François-Nestor Adam | Born 7 February 1903; died 8 February 1990 |
1975 | 1995 | Henri Schwery | Born 14 June 1932 |
1995 | 2014 | Norbert Brunner | Born 21 June 1942 |
2014 | Jean-Marie Lovey | Born 2 August 1950 | |
References
- Zenhäusern, Gregor. "Sion (diocèse)". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in French). Translated by Laurent Auberson. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- Sion (diocèse) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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