List of Bishops of Sion


List of bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion:

Late Antiquity

;Bishops of Agaunum
FromToBishopNotes
fl. 380sTheodore
fl. 440Salvius/Silvius
fl. 490Prothais
516Theodore II
517Constantinus
549Rufus
565Agricola

Early Middle Ages

FromToBishopNotes
585Heliodorus
613614Leudemond
647653Prothais
673690Amatus
762765Willicar
786/8796/8Altheus
fl. 805Theodore IIIAccording to 12th-century legend, secular power was granted to the bishops of Sion by Charlemagne
fl. 824Adalongus
825857Heyminus
877899/900Waltherius
932Asmundus
fl. 940Manfredus
983984/5Amizo

Prince-bishops of Sion

Middle Ages

Western Schism

;loyal to Avignon
FromToBishopNotes
13861386Guillaume of La Baume-Saint-Amourb
13871387Robert Chambrier
13881392Humbert de Billens
13981404Aymon Séchala
14041417Jacques de Challant

;loyal to Rome
FromToBishopNotes
13871388Gerardus
13921393Henri de Blanchis
13941402Guillaume IV of Rarogne
14021418Guillaume V of Rarognesee Raron affair

Renaissance to Early modern

FromToBishopNotes
14181437André dei Benzi of GualdoArchbishop of Kolocza ; administrator from 1418, bishop from 1431. Valais witch trials.
14371451Guillaume VI of Rarogne
14511457Henri Asperlin
14571482Walter SupersaxoBurgundian War
14821496Jost of Silenen Member of Lucerne nobility 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.
14961499Nicolas Schiner
14991522Mathieu SchinerCardinal; nephew of Nicolas Schiner
15221528Philippe am Hengart
Philippe de Platea
15291545Adrien I of RiedmattenValais becomes an eternal associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1529.
15481565Jean Jordan
15651604Hildebrand I of Riedmatten
16041613Adrien II of Riedmatten
16131638Hildebrand II JostIn 1628, the Valais becomes a republic, but remains under the nominal rule of the prince-bishops.
16381640Barthélemy Supersaxo
16401646Adrien III of Riedmatten
16461672Adrien IV of Riedmatten
16721701Adrien V of Riedmatten
17011734François-Joseph Supersaxo
17341752Jean-Joseph-Arnold Blatter
17521760Jean-Hildebrand Roten
17601780François-Joseph-Frédéric Ambuel
17801790François-Melchior-Joseph Zen-Ruffinen
17901807Joseph-Antoine BlatterLast prince-bishop, loss of secular power with the French invasion of 1798.

Modern history

FromToBishopNotes
18071817Joseph-François-Xavier de Preux
18171829Auguste-Sulpice Zen-Ruffinen
18301843Maurice-Fabien Roten
18431875Pierre-Joseph de Preux
18751901Adrien VI Jardinier
190111 July 1918Jules-Maurice AbbetBorn 11 September 1845
191919 March 1952Victor BielerBorn 16 March 1881
19521975François-Nestor AdamBorn 7 February 1903; died 8 February 1990
19751995Henri SchweryBorn 14 June 1932
19952014Norbert BrunnerBorn 21 June 1942
2014Jean-Marie LoveyBorn 2 August 1950