The Bishop of Lausanne (French: ''Évêque de Lausanne'') was the principal
ecclesiastical authority of the
Catholic Diocese of Lausanne (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lausannensis'').
History
King
Rudolphe I of Burgundy granted the Church of Lausanne the privilege of electing its own bishop on 28 January 895.
On 25 August 1011, at the request of Queen
Ermengarde, Archbishop
Burchard of Lyon (the king's brother), Bishop Hugues of Geneva, and Bishop Anselme of Aosta, the county of
Vaud
Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...
with all its rights and privileges was granted to Bishop
Henri of Lausanne and his successors by King
Rudolphe III of Burgundy.
It is claimed that the bishops of Lausanne were granted the title of
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (, , cf. ''Fürst'') was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate recognised by the Holy Roman Emperor.
Definition
Originally, possessors of the princely title bore it as immediate vassal ...
in 1270. The deed of grant is published by Jean Joseph Hisely in his work on the comtes de Genevois, but it bears the date 28 September 1273, not 1270. It states that the grant was requested by
Pope Gregory X
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in person, on the very day on which he presided at the consecration of the cathedral of Lausanne. On 28 September 1273, however, Pope Gregory was in Reggio Emiliana, on his way to France for the
Second Council of Lyon
The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles (in modern France), in 1274. Pope Gregory X presided over the council, called to ...
. The cathedral of Lausanne was consecrated by Gregory X in 1275, not 1273, and on 20 October, not 28 September. The deed of grant has been labelled a forgery.
In the 15th century, the bishops of Lausanne still styled themselves ''episcopus et comes''.
The Sovereign Council of Bern secularized the bishopric in 1536. Bishop Sébastien de Montfalcon fled into exile, first in
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian (, , or ), is a Communes of France, commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
A high-m ...
, and then in
Burgundy
Burgundy ( ; ; Burgundian: ''Bregogne'') is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. ...
.
Since 1924, the dioceses have been combined as the
Catholic of Fribourg, Lausanne, and Geneva, which has its episcopal seat in
Fribourg
or is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Fribourg, Fribourg and district of Sarine (district), La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, it is a major economic, adminis ...
.
Bishops
Bishops of Avenches
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Bubulcus (517-535)
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Grammatius (535-549)
Bishops of Lausanne 574-1814
To 1200
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Marius Aventicensis (574-594)
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Protasius (attested 652)
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Arricus (attested 650)
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Chilmegesilus ( 670 ?)
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Udalricus (690 ?)
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Fredarius (attested 814-825)
*David (827-850)
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Hartmannus (852-878)
* Hieronymus (878-892)
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Boso (892-927)
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Libo (927-932)
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Bero ( 932-947)
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Magnerius (947-968)
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Eginolfus (968-985)
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Henri of Bourgogne (985-1018)
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Hugues of Bourgogne (1018-1037)
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Henri de Lenzbourg (1039-1051/56)
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Burchard de Oltingen (1056-1089)
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Lambert de Grandson (1089-1090)
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Conon de Fenis (1090-1103/07)
*Giroldus or
Gérard of Faucigny (1105-1126/34)
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Guy de Maligny or of Marlaniaco (1134-1143)
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Amedeus of Clermont call of Lausanne (1145-1159)
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Landri of Durnes (1160-1177)
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Roger of Vico-Pisano (1178-1212)
From 1200 to 1400
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Berthold of Neuchâtel (1212-1220)
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Gérard of Rougemont (1220-1221)
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Guillaume of Ecublens (1221-1229)
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Boniface, O.Cist. (1231-1239)
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Jean of Cossonay (1240-1273)
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Guillaume de Champvent (1273-1301)
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Gérard de Vuippens (1302-1309)
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Othon of Champvent (1309-1312)
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Pierre of Oron (1313-1323)
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Jean de Rossillon (1323-1341)
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Jean de Bertrand (1341-1342)
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Geoffroi de Vayrols (1342-1347)
*François Prévost (1347-1354)
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Aymon de Cossonay (1355-1375)
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Guy de Prangins (1375-1394)
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Aymon Séchal ''administrator'' (1394)
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Guillaume of Menthonay 1394-1406
From 1400 to 1600
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Guillaume of Challant (1406-1431)
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Louis de la Palud (1431-1433)
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Jean de Prangins (1433-1440)
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Georges of Saluces (1440-1461)
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Guillaume de Varax (1462-1466)
*Jean de Michaëlis (1466-1468)
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Barthélémy Chuet, ''administrator'' (1469-1472)
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Giuliano della Rovere
Pope Julius II (; ; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pope, the Battle Pope or the Fearsome ...
(1472-1476)
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Benoît de Montferrand (1476-1491)
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Aymon de Montfalcon (1491-1517)
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Sébastien de Montfalcon (1517-1536/60)
From 1600 to 1814
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Jean de Watteville, O.Cist. (1609-1649)
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Jost Knab 1652-1658
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Henri Fuchs (1658-1662) (apostolic administrator)
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Jean-Baptiste de Strambino, O.Min.Obs. (1662-1684)
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Pierre de Montenbach 1688-1707
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Jacques Duding 1707-1716
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Claude-Antoine Duding 1716-1745
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Joseph-Hubert de Boccard (1746-1758)
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Joseph-Nicolas de Montenach (1758-1782)
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Berndard-Emmanuel de Lenzbourg, O.Cist. (1782-1795)
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Jean-Baptiste d'Odet (1796-1803)
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Joseph-Antoine Guisolan (1804-1814)
Bishops of Lausanne and Geneva 1821-1924
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Pierre-Tobie Yenni (1815-1845)
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Etienne Marilley (1846-1879)
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Christophore Cosandey (1879-1882)
[Cosandey: Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' VIII, p. 335.]
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Gaspard Mermillod (1883-1891)
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Joseph Déruaz (1891-1911)
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André-Maurice Bovet (1911-1915)
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Placide Colliard (1915-1920)
Bishops of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg from 1924
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Marius Besson (1920-1945)
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François Charrière (1945-1970)
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Pierre Mamie (1970-1995)
* Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. (1995-1998)
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Bernard Genoud (1999-2010)
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Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011-Present)
Notes and references
Bibliography
Reference works for bishops
* pp. 283-284.
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Studies
*Aerny, Francis (1991). ''L'evêché de Lausanne: (VIe siècle-1536); essai de synthèse.'' . Bière, Switzerland: Cabédita, 1991.
*Besson, Marius (1906)
''Recherches sur les origines des évêchés de Genève, Lausanne, Sion et leurs premiers titulaires jusqu'au déclin du VIe siècle''. Fribourg: O. Gschwend, 1906.
*Conon d'Estavayer (ed.) (1851)
''Cartulaire du Chapitre de Notre-Dame de Lausanne.''. Lausanne: G. Bridel 1851.
émoires et documents publiés par la Société d'histoire de la Suisse Romande, Vol. VI.* Duchesne, Louis (1915)
Fastes épiscopaux de l’ancienne Gaule.Tome III. Provinces du Sud-Est. . Paris, Albert Fontemoing 1915. (pp. 219-223)
*Fontaine, Charles-Aloyse (1791).
Dissertation historique et critique pour fixer l'époque de l'entrevue du pape Grégoire X & de l'empereur Rodolphe de Habsbourg à Lausanne pendant laquelle s'est fait le sacre de la cathédrale de cette ville.'' . Fribourg: chez B. Louis Piller, 1791.
* Hauréau, Barthelemy (1860). ''Gallia christiana: in provincias ecclesiaticas distributa.'' . Vol. 15. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1860
pp. 323-422 ''Instrumenta'
pp. 126-184
* Gingins-La Serra; Forel, François (edd.)
''Mémoires et documents publiés par la Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande.''. Volume 7. Lausanne: G. Bridel, 1846.
* Gremaud, Jean (1857)
''Catalogue chronologique des évêques de Lausanne.''. Fribourg: Impr. J.-L. Piller, 1857.
* Lullin, Paul; Le Fort, Charles (edd.) (1866)
''Régeste genevois: ou, Répertoire chronologique et analytique des documents imprimés relatifs à l'histoire de la ville et du diocèse de Genève avant l'année 1312.''. Genève: Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève 1866. (cf. Index, p. 502)
* Reymond, Maxime (1912)
''Les dignitaires de l'église Nôtre-Dame de Lausanne jusqu'en 1536,''.
émoires et documents / Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande Volume 8 Lausanne: G. Bridel & cie, 1912.
* Santschi, Catherine (1975). ''Les évêques de Lausanne et leurs historiens des origines au 18e siècle.'' . Paris: Librairie Droz, 1975.
* Schmitt, Martin (1858). ''Mémoires historiques sur le Diocèse de Lausanne.'
Volume 1.{{in lang, fr. Fribourg: Impr. J.-L. Piller, 1858
Volume 2.
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
Bishops of Lausanne