Henri Schwery

His Eminence Henri Schwery
Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Sion
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Sion
Term ended	1 April 1995
Successor	Norbert Brunner
Other posts	Cardinal Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica
Orders
Ordination	7 July 1957
Consecration	17 September 1977
Created Cardinal	28 June 1991
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Henri Schwery
Born	(1932-06-14) 14 June 1932 Saint-Léonard, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Motto	Spiritus Domini Gaudium et Spes
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Styles of Henri Schwery
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Sion (emeritus)

Henri Schwery (born 14 June 1932) is a Cardinal and Bishop Emeritus of Sion, Switzerland.

Early life and ordination

Born in St-Léonard, Valais, Schwery studied mathematics, theoretical physics, Catholic theology, and philosophy in Sion, Rome, and Fribourg. On 7 July 1957 he was ordained priest.

Professor and bishop

From 1961 to 1977, he was part of the theological faculty of Sion, over which he presided from 1972–1977. Pope Paul VI appointed Schwery in 1977 the Bishop of Sion. He was president of the Swiss Bishops Conference from 1983–1988.^[1]

Cardinal

In 1991, Pope John Paul II named him a member of the College of Cardinals, becoming Cardinal-Priest of Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica; during March of that same year, he paid his respects to the deceased Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. He resigned the episcopal see of Sion in 1995. Schwery was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. He reached age 80 in 2012 and lost the right to participate in future conclaves.

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