Josef Bisig

{{Short description|Swiss priest}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Priest

| honorific-prefix = The Very Reverend

| name = Josef Meinrad Bisig

| honorific-suffix = F.S.S.P.

| title = Founder of Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

| image = Josef Bisig (2023).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Josef Bisig during a meeting with members of St. Clement Parish in Ottawa, Canada in 2023

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| predecessor =

| successor = Arnaud Devillers

| ordination = 29 June 1977 (Priest)

| ordained_by = Marcel Lefebvre

| other_post = Rector of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|2}}

| birth_place = Steinhausen, Switzerland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Swiss

| residence = Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska, United States of America

| previous_post = Superior General Emeritus of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

| education =

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Josef Meinrad Bisig, FSSP (born 2 September 1952) is a Swiss traditionalist Catholic priest, and co-founder and first superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. He was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X but left when founder Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre illicitly consecrated four bishops.

Formerly a seminary rector in Europe, Bisig was appointed vice-rector and theology professor at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in 2005. Bisig became rector in 2006 and is also a councillor of his order. He has a licentiate in Sacred Theology, and was preparing a doctorate of theology as of 2006.{{Cite web | title = Fr. Josef Bisig | work = Biographical notes of the persons in charge for the FSSP | publisher = Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter | date = August 23, 2006 | url = http://www.fssp.org/en/biographie.htm#Bisig | accessdate = June 10, 2010}} He speaks German, French, English and Italian.

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