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Bishop Amédée Grab (2011)

Amédée Antoine-Marie Grab OSB (born February 3, 1930 in Zurich as Antoine-Marie Grab ; † May 19, 2019 in Roveredo GR ) was a Swiss Benedictine and bishop of the Diocese of Chur .

Life

Antoine-Marie Grab was born in 1930 as a citizen of the canton of Schwyz in Zurich, but grew up in Geneva . From 1947 he attended the collegiate school of the Benedictine Abbey in Einsiedeln , where he passed the Matura in 1949 . In the same year he entered the novitiate of the monastery and received the religious name Amédée . On September 8, 1950, he made his simple profession in Einsiedeln and then began studying philosophy and theology at the theological school of the abbey. His solemn profession followed in 1953.

He was ordained a priest on June 12, 1954 after completing his studies . From 1956 to 1958, Father Amédée Grab taught at the collegiate school in Einsiedeln before he headed the Collegio Papio in Ascona as rector from 1958 to 1978 . From 1965 to 1966 he studied Romance philology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) and during this time worked as a pastor at the Académie Ste-Croix. From 1978 to 1983 he worked again at the Einsiedeln Abbey School. During these years he took part in Synod 72 in the Diocese of Lugano and then in the interdiocesan pastoral forums of Einsiedeln (1978) and Lugano (1981). In 1983 he became secretary of the Swiss Bishops' Conference. Grab spoke all three major Swiss national languages fluently.

On February 3, 1987, he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg and titular bishop of Cenae . He received his episcopal ordination on April 12, 1987 in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, the bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg, Pierre Mamie ; Co- consecrators were Gabriel Bullet , auxiliary bishop in Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg, and Henri Schwery , the bishop of Sion . He took his seat in Geneva, where there had been no Catholic bishop since 1873. Fears that his presence might threaten the sectarian peace in the Calvinist city ​​proved to be inaccurate, and Grab earned the reputation of a "great ecumenist" through his commitment to the good ecumenical climate in the area.

November 9, 1995 grave was appointed diocesan bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg and took office on 26 November 1995. For Bishop of Chur he was appointed as successor to Wolfgang Haas elected June 9, 1998, Pope John Paul II. Confirmed the election on June 12, 1998. The inauguration took place on August 23, 1998. In Chur, after the conflict-ridden episcopate of his predecessor, he was perceived as a "man of reconciliation" and successfully endeavored to bring about a settlement and pacification of his diocese. He was considered a "father's bishop" who quickly succeeded in easing the tense relationship between the bishopric in Chur and the responsible Roman Catholic cantonal church in Zurich . The St. Luzi seminary in Chur, which had fallen into disrepute under Haas, regained its reputation under Grab.

In 1998 Amédée Grab took over the presidency of the Swiss Bishops' Conference . From 2001 to 2006 he was President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) . In 2005 Grab was the moderator of the German-speaking working group of the Synod of Bishops in Rome on the subject of the Eucharist . Pope Benedict XVI accepted the age-appropriate resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Chur, who laid the grave in 2005 at the age of 75 . only two years later, on February 5, 2007, and at the same time appointed Grab as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese. On September 8, 2007, he consecrated Vitus Huonder , who had been one of his three vicars general , as his successor.

Bishop Grab then lived again in his professed monastery in Einsiedeln. As a former bishop he fulfilled many obligations outside the diocese and also represented his successor Vitus Huonder in the parishes. He spent the last years of his life in the St. Luzi seminary and from 2017 in the Casa di Cura Immaculata nursing home in Roveredo GR , where he died unexpectedly.

The funeral mass for Amédée's grave took place on May 27, 2019 in the cathedral of Chur and was held by Peter Bürcher as apostolic administrator of the diocese, a long-time companion of Graves, who at the same time became auxiliary bishop in Lausanne and then, under grave, as diocesan bishop in Freiburg had been active. The burial in the bishop's cemetery followed.

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Web links

Commons : Amédée Grab  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Georges Scherrer: Bishop Amédée Grab was a great arbitrator. In: kath.ch. May 20, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Mourning for the great ecumenist. In: Domradio . May 20, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Pope accepts resignations from Bishop Grab and Bishop Henrici. In: kath.net . February 5, 2007, accessed May 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ A b Sermon by Peter Bürcher at the funeral mass. Publication of the Diocese of Chur, May 27, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 (Italian).
  5. ↑ Obituary notice Amédée Grab. In: NZZ . May 22, 2019, accessed July 18, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Former Chur Bishop Amédée Grab died. In: NZZ. May 20, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
predecessor Office successor
Wolfgang Haas Bishop of Chur
1998-2007 		Vitus Huonder
Pierre Mamie Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg
1995–1998 		Bernard Genoud
Miloslav Cardinal Vlk President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
2001–2006 		Péter Cardinal Erdő
personal data
SURNAME Grave, Amédée
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grave, Antoine-Marie (maiden name); Grave, Amédée Antoine-Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Benedictine and Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH 19th May 2019
Place of death Roveredo GR