No. |
Portrait |
Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Place of origin | Pope |
1 | | von Silenen, KasparKaspar von Silenen (1467–1517) | 1506 | 5 August 1517 † | 10–11 years | Silenen, Uri; Luzern | Julius II Leo X |
2 | | Röist, MarxMarx Röist (1454–1524) | 1517 | 15 June 1524 † | 6–7 years | Zürich | Leo X Adrian VI Clement VII |
3 | | Röist, CasparCaspar Röist (1478–1527) | 1524 | 6 May 1527 † | 2–3 years | Zürich | Clement VII |
Guard disbanded (1527–1548) |
4 | | von Meggen, JostJost von Meggen [it] (1509–1559) | 1548 | 17 March 1559 † | 10–11 years | Luzern | Paul III Julius III Marcellus II Paul IV |
5 | | von Silenen, Kaspar LeoKaspar Leo von Silenen | 1559 | 1564 | 4–5 years | Luzern | Pius IV |
Guard disbanded (1564–1566) |
6 | | von Brunegg, Jost SegesserJost Segesser von Brunegg [it] (1529–1592) | 1566 | 1592 † | 25–26 years | Luzern | Pius V Gregory XIII Sixtus V Paul IV Urban VII Gregory XIV Innocent IX Clement VIII |
7 | | von Brunegg, Stephan Alexander SegesserStephan Alexander Segesser von Brunegg [it] (1570–1629) | 1592 | 16 August 1629 † | 36–37 years | Luzern | Clement VIII Leo XI Paul V Gregory XV Urban VIII |
8 | | Fleckenstein, NikolausNikolaus Fleckenstein [it] (1580–1645) | 1629 | 1640 | 10–11 years | Luzern | Urban VIII |
9 | | Fleckenstein, JostJost Fleckenstein [it] (1588–1652) | 1640 | 26 June 1652 † | 11–12 years | Luzern | Urban VIII Innocent X |
10 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Johann RudolfJohann Rudolf Pfyffer von Altishofen (1615–1657) | 1652 | 17 May 1657 † | 4–5 years | Luzern | Innocent X Alexander VII |
11 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, LudwigLudwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (?–1686) | 1658 | 1686 † | 27–28 years | Luzern | Alexander VII Clement IX Clement X Innocent XI |
12 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, FranzFranz Pfyffer von Altishofen (?–1696) | 1686 | 1696 † | 9–10 years | Luzern | Innocent XI Alexander VIII Innocent XII |
13 | | von Baldegg, Johann Kaspar MayrJohann Kaspar Mayr von Baldegg [it] (?–1704) | 1696 | 1704 † | 7–8 years | Luzern | Innocent XII Clement XI |
- | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Johann RudolfJohann Rudolf Pfyffer von Altishofen Acting | 1704 | 1712 | 7–8 years | Luzern | Clement XI |
14 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Johann KonradJohann Konrad Pfyffer von Altishofen (?–1727) | 1712 | 1727 † | 14–15 years | Luzern | Clement XI Innocent XIII Benedict XIII |
15 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Franz LudwigFranz Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (?–1772) | 1727 | 1754 | 26–27 years | Luzern | Benedict XIII Clement XII Benedict XIV |
16 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Jost IgnazJost Ignaz Pfyffer von Altishofen | 1754 | 1782 | 23–24 years | Luzern | Benedict XIV Clement XIII Clement XIV Pius VI |
17 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Franz AloisFranz Alois Pfyffer von Altishofen | 1783 | 1798 | 14–15 years | Luzern | Pius VI |
Post vacant (1798–1800) |
18 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Karl LeodegarKarl Leodegar Pfyffer von Altishofen | 1800 | 1834 | 33–34 years | Luzern | Pius VII Gregory XVI Leo XII Pius VIII |
19 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, MartinMartin Pfyffer von Altishofen | 1835 | 1847 | 11–12 years | Luzern | Gregory XVI Pius IX |
20 | | Meyer von Schauensee, Franz Xaver LeopoldFranz Xaver Leopold Meyer von Schauensee (1803–1860) | 1847 | 1860 † | 12–13 years | Luzern | Pius IX |
21 | | von Sonnenberge, AlfredAlfred von Sonnenberge | 1860 | 1878 | 17–18 years | Luzern | Pius IX |
22 | | de Courten, Louis-MartinLouis-Martin de Courten [it] (1835–1937) | 1878 | 1901 | 22–23 years | Sierre, Valais | Leo XIII |
23 | | Meyer von Schauensee, LeopoldLeopold Meyer von Schauensee (1852–1910) | 1901 | 1910 † | 8–9 years | Luzern | Leo XIII Pius X |
24 | | Repond, JulesJules Repond (1853–1933) | 1910 | 1921 | 10–11 years | Freiburg | Pius X Benedict XV |
25 | | Hirschbühl, AloisAlois Hirschbühl | 1921 | 1935 | 13–14 years | Brusio, Graubünden | Benedict XV Pius XI |
26 | | d'Aspremont, Georg von SuryGeorg von Sury d'Aspremont | 1935 | 1942 | 6–7 years | Solothurn | Pius XI Pius XII |
27 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, HeinrichHeinrich Pfyffer von Altishofen | 1942 | 1957 | 14–15 years | Luzern | Pius XII |
28 | | Nünlist, RobertRobert Nünlist [it] (1911–1991) | 1957 | 1972 | 14–15 years | Luzern | Pius XII John XXIII Paul VI |
29 | | Pfyffer von Altishofen, FranzFranz Pfyffer von Altishofen (1917–1995) | 1972 | 1982 | 9–10 years | Luzern | Paul VI John Paul I John Paul II |
30 | | Buchs, RolandRoland Buchs [de] (born 1941) | 25 November 1982 | 29 November 1997 | 15 years, 4 days | Freiburg | John Paul II |
- | | Estermann, AloisAlois Estermann (1954–1998) Acting | 29 November 1997 | 4 May 1998 | 156 days | Luzern | John Paul II |
31 | | Estermann, AloisAlois Estermann (1954–1998) | 4 May 1998 | 4 May 1998 † | 0 days | Luzern | John Paul II |
(30) | | Buchs, RolandRoland Buchs [de] (born 1941) Acting | 6 May 1998 | 16 August 1998 | 41 days | Freiburg | John Paul II |
32 | | Segmüller, PiusPius Segmüller (born 1952) | 1998 | 2002 | 3–4 years | St. Gallen | John Paul II |
33 | | Mäder, Elmar TheodorElmar Theodor Mäder (born 1963) | 2002 | 2008 | 5–6 years | Wuppenau, Thurgau / St. Gallen | John Paul II Benedict XVI |
34 | | Anrig, Daniel RudolfDaniel Rudolf Anrig (born 1972) | 19 August 2008 | 31 January 2015 | 6 years, 165 days | Sargans, St. Gallen | Benedict XVI Francis |
35 | | Graf, ChristophChristoph Graf (born 1961) | 7 February 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 68 days | Pfaffnau, Luzern | Francis |