Norbert Brunner

Norbert Brunner (born 21 June 1942) is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion, Switzerland. He is the elected president of the Swiss Bishops' Conference for the term 2010-2012.

Early life and ordination

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

Bishop

He succeeded Henri Schwery in 1995. In November 2009, he was elected president of the Swiss Bishops' Conference for the term 2010-2012.

Views

Clerical celibacy

In November 2009, he declared that he was in favor of the ordination of married priests, and that most Swiss bishops agreed with him on this.^[1]

Collegiality

During a synod, 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 ?^[2]

Status of the Society of Saint Pius X

Brunner has written about the canonical situation of the Society of St. Pius X and concluded that the 1988 ordinations were valid but illicit, in the sense that Lefebvre did ordain bishops but that these ordinations were against existing canonical norms.^[3]

External links

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

References

1. ^ Catholic bishop calls for married priests
2. ^ Collegiality vs. centralization dominates synod
3. ^ Sacrosanctum-concilium.org

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Henri Schwery	Bishop of Sion 1995—present	Incumbent
Preceded by Kurt Koch	President of the Swiss Episcopal Conference 2010—present	Incumbent

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Name	Brunner, Norbert
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Date of birth	21 June 1942
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