Peter Stephan Zurbriggen

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend

| name = Peter Stephan Zurbriggen

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| title = Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Austria
Titular Archbishop of Glastonbury

| image = Neujahrsempfang_Apostolischer_Nuntius_Zurbriggen_Außenminister_Kurz_Jänner_2015_(16262083002).jpg

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| caption = Zurbriggen with Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria

| archdiocese =

| diocese =

| appointed = 14 January 2009

| enthroned =

| term_end = 30 November 2018

| predecessor = Edmond Farhat

| successor = Pedro López Quintana

| other_post = Titular Archbishop of Glastonbury

| previous_post = {{bulleted list | Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (2001–2009) | Apostolic Administrator of Estonia (2001–2005) | Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1998–2001) | Apostolic Delegate/Nuncio to Mozambique (1993–1998) }}

| ordination = 10 October 1969

| ordained_by =

| consecration = 6 January 1994

| consecrated_by = John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Josip Uhac

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|08|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brig, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|28|1943|8|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Brig, Switzerland

| buried =

| nationality = Swiss

| alma_mater =

| coat_of_arms =

| motto = Sancta Crux Mihi Lux

}}

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| offstyle=Your Excellency

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Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (27 August 1943 – 28 August 2022) was a Swiss archbishop of the Catholic Church, who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1993 until his retirement in 2018. He was Apostolic Nuncio to Austria from 2009 to 2018.

Biography

He was born and died in Brig, Switzerland. He was ordained a priest on 10 October 1969, entering the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1970.{{cite web|publisher=Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy|language =it|access-date = 17 January 2020| title = Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999 |url = https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdeccles/documents/1950-1999.htm }}

On 13 November 1993, he was named Apostolic Delegate to Mozambique, advancing to the post of Apostolic Nuncio in that country on 22 February 1996.

He was elevated to the episcopacy on 6 January 1994, becoming titular archbishop of Glastonbury.{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bzurb.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Catholic Hierarchy}}

On 13 June 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nunzio to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. From 25 October 2001 he was Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Administrator of Estonia on 15 November 2001. Pope Benedict XVI named him Apostolic Nuncio to Austria on 14 January 2009.{{Cite news |date=29 August 2022 |title=Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen |language=German |work=Kurier |location=Vienna |url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/oesterreichs-kirche-trauert-um-frueheren-nuntius-zurbriggen/402127667}}