Monika Wyss

Monika Wyss (* 1959 in Basel ) is the first “ Roman Catholic priestess ” in Switzerland .

The priestly ordination was carried out on June 24, 2006 on board a Lake Constance liner between Germany and Switzerland by three German "bishops" from the group "RK Priestesses Europe-West", doctoral theologians, according to the Catholic rite . Ordination is not recognized by the official Church, according to can. In 1382 CIC she was punished with excommunication .

Monika Wyss was baptized a Roman Catholic, learned the trade of a goldsmith and worked, among other things, as a manager of a company for organic certification. She then studied Catholic theology from 2000 to 2003 at the University of Lucerne (without a degree) and at the same time was a religion teacher in the parish of St. Gallus in Kriens LU for one year . Wyss is divorced, has four children and currently lives as a single parent with a daughter in Riehen near Basel. She is a member of the group "RK Priestesses Europe-West".

Publications

For you . dpunkto Verlag, Hochwald 2006, ISBN 3-9523190-2-3 .

Web links

Statement by the Feminist Theology Office in Lucerne and the Women's Office of the Roman Catholic Church in Basel City , June 9, 2006

Remarks

^ Gisela Forster, Patricia Fresen and Ida Raming; they were ordained as “priestesses” in 2002 with four other women by the Argentine “bishop” Rómulo Braschi . This consecration was described by the then Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Ratzinger, as “invalid and void”, which also constitutes “a serious violation of the divine constitution of the Church”. At that time, Ratzinger initiated the excommunication of the seven women.

personal data
SURNAME	Wyss, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Catholic priestess
DATE OF BIRTH	1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel

[1] Gisela Forster, Patricia Fresen and Ida Raming; they were ordained as “priestesses” in 2002 with four other women by the Argentine “bishop” Rómulo Braschi . This consecration was described by the then Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Ratzinger, as “invalid and void”, which also constitutes “a serious violation of the divine constitution of the Church”. At that time, Ratzinger initiated the excommunication of the seven women.