{"id":118730,"date":"2026-02-09T11:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/custodia-della-svizzera-italiana\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:39:17","slug":"custody-of-italian-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/en\/custody-of-italian-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Custody of Italian Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>A Part of the Province of Lombardy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Decree of the General Minister, Br. Roberto Genuin (Prot. No. 00027\/26, dated January 30, 2026), the <strong>Custody of the Capuchin Friars Minor of Italian Switzerland<\/strong>, a circumscription dependent on the Province of St. Charles in Lombardy, was suppressed on <strong>February 1, 2026<\/strong>, and the related fraternities and religious houses were incorporated into the Province of St. Charles in Lombardy, as were all the religious belonging to the Custody.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Custody of Italian Switzerland was established by decree of General Minister Br. Mauro J\u00f6hri, on March 8, 2018 (Prot. No. 00253\/18) as part of a reorganization of the circumscriptions in this area of Europe due to the rapid and inexorable decline in vocations. 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