List of Swiss theologians

Alphabetical list of Swiss theologians and clergy

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A.

• Johannes Aal (1500–1551), Roman Catholic theologian, composer and playwright
• Gilberto Agustoni (1922-2017), Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
• Joseph Ambühl (1873–1936), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Jakob Ammann (1664? - before 1730), Mennonite preacher
• Andreas Amrhein (1844–1927), founder of the Benedictine Congregation of St. Ottilien
• Antonius Anderledy (1819-1892), general of the Jesuits
• Bartholomäus Anhorn the Elder (1566–1642), Swiss Protestant Reformed pastor and historian
• Bartholomäus Anhorn the Younger (1616–1700), Swiss Protestant Reformed pastor and historian
• Hieronymus Annoni (1697–1770), Protestant Reformed pastor and hymn poet
• Johann-Conrad Appenzeller (1775–1850), Protestant Reformed pastor and folk writer
• Benedictus Aretius (around 1522 - 1574), Evangelical Reformed theologian, botanist, educator and geographer
• Karl Arnold-Obrist (1796–1862), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Hansjörg Auf der Maur (1933–1999), Roman Catholic theologian
• Christina Aus der Au (* 1966), Protestant Reformed theologian

B.

• Aurelio Bacciarini (1873–1935), Apostolic Administrator in what was later to become the Diocese of Lugano
• Carl Albrecht Reinhold Baggesen (1793–1873), Evangelical Reformed pastor at the Bern Minster
• Eduard Bähler (1870–1925), Protestant Reformed church historian
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), Roman Catholic theologian and cardinal
• Claudia Bandixen (* 1957), Protestant Reformed pastor and former Church Council President of the Reformed Regional Church of Aargau
• Karl Barth (1886–1968), Protestant Reformed theologian and theology professor in Basel
• Markus Barth (1915–1994), Protestant Reformed theologian and professor of theology for the New Testament in Basel
• Georges Bavaud (1923–2007), Roman Catholic theologian
• Giovanni Beccaria (Reformer) (1511–1580), teacher and reformer in Locarno, Roveredo, Mesocco, Zurich and Bondo
• Fritz Berger (1868–1950), founder of the Evangelical Brothers Association
• Paul Berger (1920–2004), Evangelical Reformed drug minister
• Giovanni Giulio Gerolamo Berna (1717–1804), Roman Catholic priest and library founder
• Pietro Berno (1552–1583), Jesuit and missionary
• Carl Albrecht Bernoulli (1868–1937), Protestant Reformed church historian and writer
• Elie Bertrand (1713–1797), Protestant Reformed pastor and scientist
• Marius Besson (1876–1945), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Lausanne-Geneva-Friborg
• Kurt Beutler (* 1960), Protestant theologian, Arabist
• Theodor Bibliander (1504 / 1509–1564), Evangelical Reformed theologian and translator of the Koran
• Alois Emanuel Biedermann (1819–1885), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Hans Bietenhard (1916–2008), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Ruth Bietenhard (1920–2015), Evangelical Reformed Bible translator
• Leo Bigger (* 1968), evangelical pastor and founder and head of the International Christian Fellowship
• Albert Bitzius (son) (1835–1882), Protestant Reformed pastor and politician
• Fritz Blanke (1900–1967), Protestant Reformed church historian
• Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee (1542–1608), Prince-Bishop in the Diocese of Basel
• Niklaus Blauner (1713–1791), Protestant Reformed pastor and professor of physics and geography
• Gerhard Blocher (1934–2016), Protestant Reformed pastor
• Sophie Blocher (1935–2002), Protestant Reformed pastor and founder of the homeless shelter "Haus zur Eiche" in Birsfelden
• Franz Böckle (1921–1991), Roman Catholic moral theologian
• Rudolf Bohren (1920–2010), Protestant Reformed theologian, professor of practical theology in Heidelberg
• Ulrich Bolt († after 1541), Evangelical Reformed theologian, at times Anabaptist mind
• Ulrich Boner (documented evidence 1324-1349), Dominican and author of a collection of fables
• Andreas Boppart (* 1979), evangelical preacher and head of the campus for Christ Switzerland
• Thomas Bornhauser (1799–1856), Protestant Reformed pastor, writer and politician
• Ami Bost (1790–1874), revival preacher at the Geneva Réveil
• John Bost (1817–1881), Evangelical Reformed pastor and social pioneer
• Arnold Bovet (1843–1903), free church pastor and pioneer of the Blue Cross
• Tobias Brandner (* 1965), Protestant Reformed theologian, prison pastor and theology professor in Hong Kong
• Emil Brunner (1889–1966), Protestant Reformed theologian, professor of practical and systematic theology in Zurich
• Fridolin Brunner (1498–1570), Protestant pastor and reformer in Glarus and Sarganserland
• Maria Anna Brunner (1655–1697), abbess of the Hermetschwil monastery
• Jürg H. Buchegger (* 1956), Protestant Reformed pastor and university professor
• Markus Büchel (* 1949), Roman Catholic Bishop of St. Gallen
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575), Evangelical Reformed theologian and reformer in Zurich
• Fritz Buri (1907–1995), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Burkhard von Fenis (around 1040–1107), Bishop of Basel
• Bernarda Bütler (1848–1924), missionary and founder of the order
• Johann Buxtorf the Elder (1564–1629), Johann Buxtorf the Younger (1599–1664), Johann Jakob Buxtorf (1645–1704), Johann Buxtorf (1663–1732) and Johann Rudolf Buxtorf (1747–1831), Protestant Reformed theologians

C.

• Josef Maria Camenzind (1904–1984), Roman Catholic priest and writer
• Ulrich Campell (1510–1592), Evangelical Reformed pastor, reformer and Bible translator
• Emidio Campi (* 1943), Protestant Reformed pastor and church historian
• François Charrière (1893–1976), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Lausanne-Geneva-Friborg
• Giancarlo Collet (* 1945), Roman Catholic missiologist
• Eugenio Corecco (1931–1995), Roman Catholic bishop in the Diocese of Lugano
• Georges Cottier (1922-2016), Dominican and cardinal

D.

• Rudolf Dellsperger (* 1943), Evangelical Reformed church historian
• Walter Dietrich (* 1944), Protestant Reformed Old Testament scholar
• Giovanni Diodati (1576–1649), Evangelical Reformed theologian and Bible translator
• Peter Dschulnigg (1943–2011), Roman Catholic theologian, New Testament scholar

E.

• Ekkehard I. (St. Gallen) (910–973), monk and dean of the St. Gallen monastery
• Ekkehard II (St. Gallen) († 990), monk and sequence writer
• Elisabeth von Wetzikon (1235–1298), abbess of the Fraumünster monastery in Zurich
• Thomas Erastus (1524–1583), Protestant theologian
• Balthasar Estermann (1827–1868), Roman Catholic priest and founder of a religious women's community from which the Melchtal Monastery emerged
• Friedrich Eymann (1887–1954), Protestant Reformed theologian and anthroposophist

F.

• Gottfried Fankhauser (1870–1962), Sunday school teacher , writer and President of the Evangelical Society of the Canton of Bern
• Guillaume Farel (1489–1565), reformer
• Heinrich Federer (1866–1928), Roman Catholic priest and writer
• Friedrich Fiala (1817–1888), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Nicolas Fiva (1609–1640), Jesuit , mathematician and missionary in China
• Théophile-Rémy Frêne (1727–1804), Protestant Reformed pastor and scholar
• Emanuel Friedli (1846–1939), Evangelical Reformed pastor and researcher of Bern German
• Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865), Protestant Reformed theologian and writer
• Samuel Heinrich Fröhlich (1803–1857), founder of the New Baptist
• Alois Fuchs (1794–1855), Roman Catholic priest and collegiate librarian in St. Gallen
• Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741–1825), painter and publicist, originally an Evangelical Reformed pastor

G

• Lucius Gabriel (1597–1663), Protestant Reformed pastor and Bible translator into Surselvian
• Stefan Gabriel (1570–1638), Evangelical Reformed pastor and founder of the Surselvian idiom
• Philipp Gallicius (1504–1566), Evangelical Reformed pastor, reformer and hymn writer
• Léon Gauthier (1912–2003), Christian Catholic bishop in Bern
• Jonas de Gélieu (1740–1827), Protestant Reformed pastor and beekeeper
• Hans Gerny (* 1937), Christian Catholic Bishop of Bern
• Jean Baptiste Girard (1765–1850), Franciscan (OFM) and educator
• Konrad Josef Glutz von Blotzheim (1789–1857), Roman Catholic clergyman
• Felix Gmür (* 1966), Bishop of Basel
• Samuel Gobat (1799–1879), Protestant bishop of Jerusalem
• Frédéric Godet (1812–1900), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Jeremias Gotthelf (1797–1854), Protestant Reformed pastor and writer
• Amédée Grab (1930–2019), Roman Catholic Bishop of Chur
• Konrad Grebel (around 1498–1526), ​​Baptist
• Karl von Greyerz (1870–1949), Protestant Reformed pastor, religious socialist and hymn poet
• Johann Rudolf Gruner (1680–1761), Evangelical Reformed dean, collector and chronicler
• Eduard Güder (1817–1882), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Kurt Guggisberg (1907–1972), Protestant Reformed church historian
• Alois Gügler (1782–1827), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
• Benno Gut (1897–1970), Benedictine and cardinal

H

• Leonhard Haas (1833–1906), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Wolfgang Haas (* 1948), Roman Catholic theologian, priest and bishop in Chur and Vaduz (FL)
• Wilhelm Hadorn (1869–1929), Protestant Reformed New Testament scholar and church historian
• Berchtold Haller (1492–1536), Bernese reformer
• Anton Hänggi (1917–1994), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Thomas Härry (* 1965), Protestant theologian and book author
• Hans Haslibacher (1500–1571), martyr of the Anabaptists
• Gottfried Heer (1843–1921), Protestant Reformed pastor, member of the Glarus Council of States and local historian
• Johann Ulrich Heiniger (1808–1892), city missionary in Bern
• Peter Henrici (* 1928), Roman Catholic theologian, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Chur, Jesuit
• Sabine Herold (* 1973), Protestant Reformed pastor
• Eduard Herzog (1841–1924), Christian Catholic bishop
• Johann Jakob Hess (1741–1828), Antistes in Zurich
• Felix Hess (1742–1768), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Johann Heinrich Heidegger (1633–1698), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Heinrich von Thun († 1238), medieval bishop of Basel
• Bernhard Hirzel (1807–1847), Protestant Reformed theologian and orientalist, conservative revolutionary in the Züriputsch
• Sebastian Hofmeister (1476–1533), pioneer of the Reformation in Schaffhausen
• Walter J. Hollenweger (1927–2016), Evangelical Reformed theologian and professor for intercultural theology and missiology in Birmingham
• Karl Howald (1796–1869), Evangelical Reformed pastor and chronicler
• Marie Huber (1695–1753), Evangelical Reformed translator, editor and author of theological works
• Samuel Huber (1547–1624), Protestant Reformed, later Lutheran theologian
• Franz Joseph Hugi (1791–1855), Roman Catholic priest, geologist and Alpine researcher
• Vitus Huonder (* 1942), emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Chur

I.

• Josef Imbach (* 1945), Franciscan and theologian
• Albert Immer (1804–1884), Protestant Reformed New Testament scholar

J

• Angelo Jelmini (1893–1968), Apostolic Administrator in what was later to become the Diocese of Lugano
• Charles Journet (1891–1975), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
• Leo Jud (1482–1542), people priest, pastor, Bible translator and reformer from Zurich, CH / F

K

• Leo Karrer (* 1937), Roman Catholic theology professor
• Martin Alfred Klopfenstein (1931–2016), Protestant Reformed theologian and professor of the Old Testament
• Ulrich Knellwolf (* 1942), Protestant Reformed pastor and crime writer
• Kurt Koch (* 1950), Roman Catholic theologian, priest, bishop in the diocese of Basel and cardinal for the Oekumene in Rome
• Samuel Heinrich König (1671–1750), Evangelical Reformed theologian and Pietist
• Joseph Vital Kopp (1906–1966), Roman Catholic priest and writer
• Gottlieb Jakob Kuhn (1775–1849), Protestant Reformed theologian and song writer
• Samuel R. Külling (1924–2003), Protestant Reformed pastor, founder and head of the state-independent theological college in Riehen BS
• Hans Küng (* 1928), Roman Catholic theologian and professor in Tübingen
• Ralph Kunz (* 1964), Protestant Reformed theologian and professor of practical theology
• Johann Künzle (1857–1945), Roman Catholic pastor, publicist and pioneer of modern phytotherapy
• Adolf Küry (1870–1956), Christian Catholic Bishop of Bern
• Urs Küry (1901–1976), Christian Catholic Bishop of Bern
• Hermann Kutter (1863–1931), Protestant Reformed theologian

L.

• Eugène Lachat (1819–1886), deposed bishop in the diocese of Basel and apostolic administrator in the later diocese of Lugano
• Paul Lachat (1910–1984), Roman Catholic theologian, local historian
• Heinrich Lang (1826–1876), Protestant Reformed pastor and theologian, leading exponent of theological liberalism , Zurich
• Ernst Friedrich Langhans (1829–1880), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Heinrich Laufenberg (after 1390–1460), theologian, poet and musician
• Johann Caspar Lavater (1741–1801), Protestant Reformed pastor, philosopher and writer
• Ludwig Lavater (1527–1586), Evangelical Reformed archdeacon at the Grossmünster in Zurich and Antistes of the Zurich Church
• Käthi La Roche (* 1948), Protestant Reformed theogue and pastor
• Valerio Lazzeri (* 1963), Roman Catholic Bishop of Lugano
• Jean Leclerc (1657–1736), Evangelical Reformed theologian and philologist
• Roger Liebi (* 1958), evangelical biblical scholar
• Gottfried Wilhelm Locher (1911–1996), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Gottfried W. Locher (* 1966), Evangelical Reformed theologian and President of the Swiss Evangelical Church Federation
• Jean-Marie Lovey (* 1950), Roman Catholic Bishop of Sion
• Walter Lüthi (1901–1982), Protestant Reformed pastor at Bern Minster
• Alois Lütolf (1824–1879), Roman Catholic pastor and church historian
• Samuel Lutz (1674–1750), Protestant Reformed pastor and Pietist
• Samuel Lutz (1785–1844), Protestant Reformed clergyman, theologian and university professor in Bern
• Ulrich Luz (1938–2019), Protestant Reformed New Testament scholar in Bern

M.

• Robert Mäder (1875–1945), Roman Catholic priest
• César Malan (1787–1864), revival preacher and hymn poet
• Felix Manz (around 1498–1527), Baptist
• Kurt Marti (1921–2017), Protestant Reformed pastor and writer
• Kaspar Megander (1495–1545), Evangelical Reformed theologian
• Gaspard Mermillod (1824-1892), Roman Catholic Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, cardinal
• Adolphe Monod (1802-1856), revival preacher
• Charles-Ferdinand Morel (1772–1848), Protestant Reformed pastor and politician
• Charles Morerod (* 1961), Bishop of Friborg, Lausanne and Geneva
• Josef Müller (1870–1929), Roman Catholic hospital priest and collector of sagas from Uri
• Oswald Myconius (1488–1552), Protestant Reformed theologian

N

• Ulrich Neuenschwander (1922–1977), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Walter Nigg (1903–1988), Protestant Reformed theologian and writer
• Niklaus von Flüe (brother Klaus, 1417–1487), hermit

O

• Johannes Oekolampad (1482–1531), Basel reformer
• Peter Opitz (* 1957), Protestant Reformed church historian
• Jean Frédéric Ostervald (1663–1747), Evangelical Reformed Bible translator
• Otmar von St. Gallen († 759), founder and first abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gallen

P

• Alfredo Peri-Morosini (1862–1931), Apostolic Administrator in what was to become the Diocese of Lugano
• Oskar Pfister (1873–1956), Protestant Reformed pastor and psychologist

Q

• Alfred de Quervain (1896–1968), Protestant Reformed ethicist

R.

• Carl Heinrich Rappard (1837–1909), Protestant-Pietist missionary
• Dora Rappard (1842–1923), missionary wife and song poet
• Ruedi Reich (1945–2012), Protestant Reformed pastor and former church council president of the Ev.-ref. Regional Church of the Canton of Zurich
• Hans Reist (late 17th century), Mennonite preacher
• Karl von Rodt (1805–1861), founder of the Free Evangelical Congregation in Bern
• Paul Bernhard Rothen (* 1955), Protestant Reformed pastor
• Johann Rudolf Rudolf (1646–1718), Evangelical Reformed theologian
• Louis Ruffet (1836–1923), Protestant Reformed church historian
• Peter Joseph Ruppen (1815–1896), Roman Catholic canon and chronicler of the Valais
• Nicolò Rusca (1563–1618), Roman Catholic archpriest and martyr of the religious turmoil in Valtellina

S.

• Joseph Anton Salzmann (1780–1854), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Klaus Schädelin (1918–1987), Protestant-Reformed pastor and author of the youth book Mein Name ist Eugen
• Karl Schenk (1823–1895), Protestant Reformed pastor and Federal Councilor
• Alfred Schindler (1934–2012), Evangelical Reformed church historian
• Matthäus Schiner (1465–1522), Bishop of Sitten, cardinal
• Franz Eugen Schlachter (1859–1911), Protestant preacher, writer and Bible translator
• Thomas Schlag (* 1965), Protestant theologian and professor for religious education at the University of Zurich
• Adolf Schlatter (1852–1938), Protestant theologian
• Georg Schmid (* 1940), Protestant Reformed religious scholar and sect expert
• Georg Otto Schmid (* 1966), Protestant Reformed theologian and religious scholar
• Roger Schutz (1915–2005), Protestant Reformed theologian and founder of the ecumenical Communauté de Taizé
• Eduard Schweingruber (1899–1975), Protestant Reformed pastor and author
• Alexander Schweizer (1808–1888), Protestant Reformed pastor and professor of practical theology
• Eduard Schweizer (1913–2006), Protestant Reformed New Testament scholar in Basel
• Henri Schwery (* 1932), Roman Catholic Bishop of Sion, cardinal
• Louis Segond (1810–1885), Evangelical Reformed Bible translator
• Jean Senebier (1742–1809), Protestant Reformed pastor, natural scientist and bibliographer
• Heinrich Seuse (1295–1366), medieval mystic
• Klaus Dieter Seybold (1936–2011), Protestant pastor and professor for the Old Testament in Basel
• Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), Protestant Reformed pastor, founder and head of a social welfare organization
• Armin Sierszyn (* 1942), evangelical reformed pastor and evangelical church historian at the state-independent theological college in Riehen BS
• Josias Simler (1530–1576), Evangelical Reformed theologian and regional historian
• Carl Spitteler (1845–1924), poet and writer, originally an Evangelical Reformed pastor
• Jakob Sprenger (1435–1495), inquisitor and alleged co-author of the witch's hammer
• Elsbeth Stagel († around 1360), prioress of the Dominican convent Töss
• Kurt Stalder (1912–1996), Christian Catholic theologian
• Jakob Stammler (1840–1925), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Philipp Albert Stapfer (1766–1840), politician, diplomat and Evangelical Reformed theologian
• Edmund von Steiger (1836–1908), Protestant Reformed pastor and canton politician
• Karl Stettler-von Rodt (1802–1870), long-time chairman of the Evangelical Society in Bern
• Fritz Stolz (1942–2001), Protestant Reformed theologian and religious scholar
• Gottfried Strasser (1854–1912), Protestant Reformed pastor and poet
• Patrick Streiff (* 1955), Bishop of the Methodist Church of Central and Southern Europe
• Franziskus von Streng (1884–1970), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Samuel Studer (1757–1834), Protestant Reformed pastor and theology professor in Bern
• Pierre Stutz (* 1953), Roman Catholic theologian and author
• Simon Sulzer (1508–1585), Evangelical Reformed theologian

T

• Richard Thalmann (1915–2002), Catholic theologian, diocese of St. Gallen
• Max Thurian (1921–1996), from Protestant Reformed to Roman Catholic converted theologian and co-founder of the Taizé Community
• Eduard Thurneysen (1888–1974), Protestant Reformed pastor and professor of practical theology in Basel
• Georg Christoph Tobler (1757–1812), pastor, writer and translator, friend of Goethe, Herders and von Knebels
• Maurice Tornay (1910–1949), Augustinian canon in Tibet , beatified as a martyr
• Hans Rudolf Tschudi (1641–1716), Protestant Reformed pastor in Wartau , Canton St. Gallen
• Valentin Tschudi (1499–1555), Protestant pastor, reformer and chronicler in Glarus
• Bénédict Turrettini (1588–1631), François Turrettini (1623–1687) and Jean-Alphonse Turrettini (1671–1737), Protestant Reformed theologians

U

• Johann Caspar Ulrich (1705–1768), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Anton Unterstährer (1759–1824), carpenter and founder of a sect
• Leonhard Usteri (1799–1833), Protestant Reformed theologian and rector of the Zurich high school

V

• Vadianus (Joachim von Watt) (1484–1551), reformer of the city of St. Gallen
• Auguste Veillon (1834–1890), painter with a degree in Evangelical Reformed theology
• Jakob Vetsch (* 1954), Evangelical Reformed pastor and author
• Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), Protestant Reformed theologian and literary historian
• Pierre Viret (1511–1571), reformer from Lausanne
• Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), Evangelical Reformed theologian and ecumenist
• Hansjörg Vogel (* 1951), resigned Roman Catholic pastor and bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Johannes Vonderach (1916–1994), Roman Catholic bishop in the Diocese of Chur

W.

• Silja Walter (1919–2011), Benedictine and poet
• Anna von Wattenwyl (1841–1927), Salvation Army pioneer
• Beat Weber (* 1955), Evangelical Reformed pastor and Old Testament scholar
• Samuel Werenfels (1657–1740), Evangelical Reformed theologian
• Martin Werner (1887–1964), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Johann Jakob Wick (1522–1588), Protestant pastor and chronicler
• Peter Wick (* 1965), Protestant Reformed New Testament scholar
• Joseph Victor Widmann (1842–1911), writer and journalist, originally an Evangelical Reformed pastor
• William Wolfensberger (1889–1918), Protestant Reformed pastor and writer
• Otto Wüst (1926–2002), Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Basel
• Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), Protestant Reformed pastor at Bern Minster and author of the book Der Schweizerische Robinson
• Thomas Wyttenbach (around 1472–1526), ​​reformer of the city of Biel

Z

• Walther Theodor Zimmerli (1907–1983), Protestant Reformed Old Testament scholar
• Georg Joachim Zollikofer (1730–1788), Protestant Reformed pastor, theologian and hymn poet
• Theodor Zwinger the Younger (1597–1654), Protestant Reformed theologian
• Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531), reformer of Zurich
• Alberich Zwyssig (1808–1854), Cistercian and composer of the Swiss Psalm

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See also

Lists of bishops

• List of the bishops of Basel
• List of the bishops of Chur
• List of the bishops of St. Gallen
• List of the bishops of Geneva
• List of the bishops of Lausanne
• List of the bishops of Sion

Lists of theologians

• List of theologians from Graubünden
• List of theologians
• List of German-speaking Christian theologians

Others

• Reformed churches in Bern-Jura-Solothurn (with list of prominent pastors)