Norbert Brunner (bishop)

His Excellency Norbert Brunner
Bishop Emeritus of Sion
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Diocese of Sion
Appointed	1 April 1995
Installed	9 June 1995
Term ended	8 July 2014
Predecessor	Henri Schwery
Successor	Jean-Marie Lovey
Orders
Ordination	6 July 1968
Consecration	9 June 1995 by Henri Schwery
Personal details
Born	(1942-06-21) 21 June 1942 (age 82) Naters Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
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Norbert Brunner (born 21 June 1942) is a Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion in Switzerland from 1995 to 2014. He was the elected President of the Swiss Bishops Conference for the term 2010–2012.

Biography

Brunner was born 1942 in Naters, Valais. He studied at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on July 6, 1968.

His resignation as Bishop of Sion was accepted, in accordance with Canon 401.2 of the 1983 Latin rite Code of Canon Law, by Pope Francis on Tuesday, July 8th, 2014, and that same day, Pope Francis named the Right Reverend Abbot Jean-Marie Lovey c.r.b, then the Provost (Superior General) of the Congregation of Canons Regular of St. Bernard the Great, as Brunner's successor.^[1]

Views

In November 2009, he declared that he was in favor of the ordination of married priests, and that most Swiss Bishops shared his view.^[2]

During a Synod, Bishop Brunner insisted that the measures taken at Vatican II to promote collegiality still had not found their objective. Once again, he said with preoccupation, "what value do the pastoral needs of the local churches have for the Roman Curia?"^[3][4]

Brunner wrote about the canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X and concluded that the 1988 consecrations were valid but illicit, in the sense that Lefebvre did consecrate bishops but that these consecrations were against existing canonical norms.^[5]

External links

• Diocèse de Sion (in French)
• Profile (in German and French)

References

1. [1]^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Catholic bishop calls for married priests".
3. "Collegiality Vs. Centralization Dominates Synod". www.beliefnet.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
4. "natcath.com - natcath Resources and Information". ww17.natcath.com.
5. "Sacrosanctum-concilium.org". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-11-29.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Henri Schwery	Bishop of Sion 1995—2014	Succeeded by Jean-Marie Lovey, CRB
Preceded by Kurt Koch	President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference 2010—present	Incumbent