Catholic regional church of Graubünden

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The Catholic Regional Church of Graubünden ( Italian Chiesa cattolica dello Stato dei Grigioni , Rhaeto-Romanic Baselgia chantunala catolica dal Grischun , Latin Corpus Catholicorum Rætiæ ) is a corporation under public law based on state church law and as such represents the Roman Catholic residents of the canton of Graubünden . The entire territory of the regional church is in the area of ​​the diocese of Chur . The regional church is a member of the Roman Catholic Central Conference of Switzerland .

structure

Board of Directors and Administration

The regional church is (as of 2013) presided over by Thomas Bergamin from Zizers . The administrative seat of the regional church is Domat / Ems .

organs

The Catholic regional church in Graubünden has six organs:

  • the entirety of the Roman Catholic canton residents, if entitled to vote
  • the corpus catholicum (consisting of two representatives of the diocese elected by the episcopal ordinariate, the catholic members of the grand council and 60 delegates from the parishes)
  • the administrative commission
  • the appeals committee
  • the parishes
  • the parish councils

Specialist agencies

The regional church maintains several specialist and advice centers, u. a. the ecumenically oriented ecclesiastical media library at Obertor in Chur , which is supported by the Evangelical Reformed Regional Church of Graubünden .

Legal dispute with the Diocese of Chur

In 2012, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Chur applied for the end of support payments from the Graubünden Catholic Church to the private counseling center Adebar , which advises on contraception , among other things . In the legal dispute between the diocese and the regional church, which lasted until 2019, the federal court decided that the contribution to the Adebar association did not violate the freedom of belief of the Roman Catholic Church. In the background there is a conflict over the role of the parallel institutions under public law, the diocese and the regional church, whereby the regional church has sovereignty over church taxes and is allowed to determine how the funds are used.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathrin Alder: Bishop Huonder is subject to the dispute over sex counseling at the federal court. In: www.nzz.ch. January 30, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019 .