The Diocese of Geneva was a

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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or

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in part of

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and

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from 400 to 1801, when it merged with the

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. The merged diocese was later broken up, due to changes in national boundaries. The diocese of Chambéry lost Swiss territory to the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg.

History

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was first recorded as a border town of the Allobroges, fortified against the

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(Celto-Germanic people). In 120 BC, Geneva was conquered by the Romans. In 443 AD, Geneva became part of the

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. In 534 AD, it fell to the

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. In 888 AD, Geneva was returned to the

. In 1033, it was taken into the

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. The position of the first Bishop of Geneva is ascribed to multiple individuals. A legend holds that Nazarius (Saint Lazarus), the follower of Simon Peter and

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, was the first Bishop of Geneva. Gregorio Leti (1630 1701) and Besson, wrote of the legend that Geneva was christianised by

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and Paracodus, two of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, in the time of

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(81 91 AD), and that Paracodus became the first Bishop of Geneva. However, this is explained as based on an error, arising from the similarity of the Latin names ' (Geneva in Switzerland) and ' (

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in Italy). Likewise, in the first century there were no dioceses or bishops. It is also claimed that Diogenes was the first bishop, sent out as a missionary by

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( 116–125. The ''Catalogue de St. Pierre'', a list of the bishops of Geneva found on a page, now missing, in a bible belonging to the cathedral of Saint Pierre in Geneva, once the property of Bishop Frederick, which records that Diogenes was the first Bishop of Geneva, is untrustworthy.Gregor Reinhold (1910)
"Lausanne and Geneva,"
in: ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company 1910), pp. 40-43. Eucherius of Lyon, in his prologue to the "Passion of the Saints of Agaune," indicates that Isaac of Monteluco (c. 400 AD) was Bishop of Geneva.

Authentic early bishops

A letter of Salvian in 440 AD indicates that Salonius was Bishop of Geneva. Salonius was the son of Eucherius of Lyon. Eucherius dedicated his "Instructions" to Salonius. Salonius took part in the Council of Orange (441 AD) and in the Councils of Vaison (442 AD) and

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(c. 455 AD). Salonius (called Bishop Salonius of Vienne) may have authored two small commentaries, ''In Parabolas Salomonis'' and ''On Ecclesiastics''. Little is known about the bishops who followed Salonius. Theoplastus (c. 475 AD) was the recipient of a letter from St. Sidonius Apollinaris. When Dormitianus (before 500 AD) was bishop, Princess Sedeleuba van Bourgondië, a sister of Queen

Clotilde Clotilde ( 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms), is a saint and was a Queen of the Fran ...

, had the remains of the martyr, Victor of Solothurn moved to Geneva. Sedeleuba built a

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in the martyr's honour. Maximus of Geneva (c. 512 541 AD), corresponded with Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne and Cyprian of Toulon. In 541 AD, Bishop Pappulus sent Thoribiusas, a priest, to represent him at the Fourth Council of Orléans. Bishop Salonius II is only known from his signatures at the Synod of Lyons (570 AD) and the Synod of Paris (573 AD). In 584 AD, Cariatto was made Bishop of Geneva by King

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. In 585 AD, Bishop Cariatto attended Council of Valence in 584, and the Council of Macon in 585. The Bishopric (office of bishop) of Geneva was a

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(subordinate) of the Archbishopric of Vienne. Bishop Hilary of Arles, in the second quarter of the 5th century, attempted to claim it as a suffragan of Arles, but

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ruled against him.

The Holy Roman Empire

In September 1032, with the death of King Rudolf III, the dynasty of the kings of Burgundy, which had ruled since 888, came to an end. Sovereignty passed to the

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(1027–1039), who was crowned king of Burgundy on 2 February 1033. In 1034, he entered Burgundy with his army, and received the submission of its cities, including Geneva, where he was again elected king. On 17 January 1154, the Emperor

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received Bishop Ardicius at his court at Speyer, and appointed and invested him as a

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. However, their independence was limited by the ecclesiastical overseers appointed by the archbishop ( advocati), the Counts of Geneva and later, the Counts of Savoy.

House of Savoy

Bishop Guillaume de Conflans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy were in continual conflict on many matters during the entire period of the bishop's administration, 1287 to 1295. On 30 December 1287, the bishop laid an interdict on all the lands of the count in his diocese. On 19 September 1290, Bishop Guillaume de Conflans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy signed a treaty, by which the Counts of Savoy obtained the Bishop of Geneva's

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(bishop's lieutenant) as a fief, in return for rights and properties along the Rhone which belonged to the diocese and had been appropriated by the Count. François de Candie of

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-Le-Vieux was one such Vidame. In 1387, Bishop Adhémar Fabry granted Geneva its charter ensuring the city's rights and institutional continuity. Subsequent bishops were expected to affirm the charter. In 1394, the Counts of Geneva's line ended with no further issue. The

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sought to take its place. On 19 February 1416, King Sigismund of Germany granted the counts of Savoy the title "Duke". The counts repeatedly maneuvered to elevate their family members to the Bishop of Geneva's diocesan staff. Their most notable success came when the former Duke Amadeus VIII, who had been elected Pope Felix V by the Council of Basel, became Administrator of the diocese of Geneva in March 1444, and held the office until his death in 1451. The City of Geneva responded to the successes of the House of Savoy by making an alliance with the

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, an '' Eidgenossenschaft''. In 1526, Geneva aligned with

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and

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The Protestant Reformation

In the 16th century, the

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caused great change in the religious and political life of Geneva. Prior to the reformation, the Diocese of Geneva extended well into Savoy, as far as

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and the

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. It also included

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. However, under the rule of

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(742 814) Tarantaise was detached from Geneva to form a separate diocese. The bishops of Geneva ruled over 8 chapters, 423

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es, 9

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s and 68 priories. On 2 August 1527, Bishop Pierre de la Baume, harassed both by the people of Geneva and by the Duke of Savoy, fled the city for some property in Burgundy. On 2 July 1533, he returned to Geneva, but on 14 July he fled again. He and the cathedral Chapter of Geneva settled in Annecy in 1535, and, despite their own efforts and encouragement from

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, they were not able to persuade the Genevans to allow a return. Bishop de la Baune was named a cardinal by

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on 19 December 1539, and promoted to the archbishopric of Besançon on 29 December 1541. The Emperor Charles V issued a golden bull suspending all authority in Geneva except that of the emperor and the bishop. The Church imposed the interdict. During the Reformation, the City of Bern supported the Protestant Reformers, including William Farel (1489 1565) and Antoine Froment (1508 1581). The City of Fribourg supported the Catholic Church and in 1531, renounced its alliance with Geneva. In 1536,

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(1509 1564) went to Geneva, but was expelled after disagreement over details of the

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. He returned to Geneva in 1541 and lived there until his death. Geneva became a stronghold of

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. In 1532, the Bishop of Geneva was removed from his seat. In 1535, he established his see in

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and in 1536 at Gex.

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(1567 1622) was Bishop of Geneva. He held the position from 1602 to 1621. Through his devotion, many in the diocese returned to Catholicism.

Geneva under French occupation

In 1792, Savoy was invaded and occupied by forces of the French National Assembly. Commissioners sent from Paris imposed a revolutionary government, and on 8 March 1793 issued an ecclesiastical decree which followed metropolitan French policy by reducing the number of dioceses from 5 to 1, to be centered in Annecy and called the diocese of Mont-Blanc. Four of the five bishops then in office went into exile; the fifth was too aged. Electors, who did not have to be Catholic or even Christian, were to meet and elect a bishop, who would be required to take the usual oaths to the French Constitution. Papal participation in any form was forbidden. These arrangements were uncanonical and schismatic. Under the rule of the First Consul

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, the Canton of Geneva was annexed to France. Writing from exile in Turin on 21 November 1801, the bishop of Geneva, Joseph-Marie Paget, at the request of

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, submitted his resignation as bishop. The pope, then, in fulfilment of earlier agreements with the French government, suppressed the Diocese of Geneva, and annexed its territory to the new Diocese of

. On 9 June 1815, in Article LXXX of the general treaty at the

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, the Canton of Geneva was extended to cover 15

ard and 6 French parishes, ceded by the King of Sardinia. This included 16,000 people of the Catholic faith. Geneva was also admitted to the

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. The Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Turin (1816) provided protection to the Catholic religion in Geneva.

Restoration

In 1819,

united the City of Geneva and twenty parishes with the Diocese of

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. In 1822, due to changes in international borders which had placed the territory of the diocese of Geneva in several nations, the area belonging to the Diocese of Geneva but beyond the borders of Switzerland became the Diocese of Annecy. The Cantonal Council abandoned previous agreements. In imitation of the French

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(laws regarding public worship) the Cantonal Council requested a ''placet'' (an acceptance by civil authorities of

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). Etienne Marilley (1804–1889) became the parish priest of Geneva in 1831 and was consecrated bishop of Lausanne and Geneva in 1846. The 1870s was the time of

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. For instance, discord arose concerning public financial support for the Protestant and Old Catholic Churches, while the Catholic Church received none. On 30 June 1907, Geneva voted for the

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Bishops of Geneva (Genf, Genève)

To 1200

:... * Isaac (end of 4th cent.) :... * Theoplastus (last third of 5th cent.) *Domitianus (2nd half of 5th cent.) :... * Maximus (attested 517) * Pappulus (attested 549) * Salonius (attested 570–573) * Cariatto (attested 584–585) :... * Abellenus (attested c. 620) :... * Pappulus (attested 650) :... * Altadus (attested 833–838) :... * Ansegisus (attested 877) * Optandus (attested 881) * Bernardus (attested c. 892) :... * Geroldus * Hugo (993–1020) * Bernardus (1020–1030) * Adalgodus (1020–1030) * Konradus (1020–1030) * Fridericus (1030–1073) * ? Boczadus ( 1073–1083 ?) * Guy de Faucigny ( 1083–1119) * Humbert de Grammont (1120–1135) * Arducius de Faucigny (1135–1185) * Nantelmus (1185–1205)

1200 to 1500

* Bernard Chabert (1205–1213) * Pierre de Sessons (1213–1213) * Aymon de Grandson (1215–1260) * Henri de Bottis, O.S.B.Clun. (1260–1267) * Aymon de Menthonay (1268–1275) * Robert de Genève (1276–1287) * Guillaume de Conflans (1287–1295)) * Martin de Saint-Germain (1295–1303) * Aimone de Quart (1304–1311) * Pierre de Faucigny (1311–1342) * Alamand de Saint-Jeoire (1342–1366)) * Guillaume de Marcossey (1366–1377) * Jean de Murol (1378–1385) * Adhémar Fabri de La Roche, O.P. (1385–1388) (Avignon Obedience) * Guillaume di Lornay (1388–1408) (Avignon Obedience) * Jean de Bertrand (1408–1418) (Avignon Obedience) * Jean de la Rochetaillée (1418–1422) ''Administrator'' * Jean Courtecuisse (1422–1423) * Jean Allarmet de Brogny (1423–1426) ''

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'' * François de Meez, O.S.B. (1426–1444) * Amedeus of Savoie (1444–1451) ''

'' * Pierre de Savoie (1451 – 1458) ''Administrator'' * Jean-Louis de Savoie (1460 – 1482) **

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: Mamerto Fichet (1469–1473),

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(1470–?) * Cardinal Domenico della Rovere (19–24 July 1482) * Jean de Compey (1482 – 1484) * François de Savoie (1484–1490) * Antoine Champion (1490–1495) : Philippe de Savoie (1495–1509) ''Bishop-elect''

1500 to 1800

* Charles de Seyssel (1509–1513) * Jean de Savoie (1513–1522) * Pierre de La Baume (1522–1543) * Louis de Rye (1543–1550) * Philibert de Rye (1550–1556) * François de Bachod (1556–1568) * Ange Justiniani (1568–1578) * Claude de Granier (1578–1602) * François de Sales (1602–1622) * Jean-François de Sales (1622–1635) * Juste Guérin (1639–1645) * Charles-Auguste de Sales (1645–1660) * Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex (1661–1695) * Michel-Gabriel de Rossillon de Bernex (1697–1734) * Joseph-Nicolas Deschamps di Chaumont (1741–1763) * Jean-Pierre Biord (1764−1785) : ''Sede vacante'' (1785–1787) * Joseph-Marie Paget (1787–1801) ** rançois-Thérèse Panisseta (1792–1793)
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References

Sources

Episcopal lists

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''Memoires pour l'histoire ecclesiastique des dioceses de Geneve, Tarantaise, Aoste et Maurienne (etc.)''
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