Bishop of Lausanne

Lausanne Cathedral.

Model of Lausanne Cathedral.

The Bishop of Lausanne (French: Évêque de Lausanne) was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire (since 1011) and the Ordinary of the diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis).

Bern secularized the bishopric in 1536. The bishop fled into exile, first in Evian, and then in Burgundy. Today, the Catholic diocese of Fribourg, Lausanne, and Geneva has its seat in Fribourg.

For the ecclesiastical history, see Lausanne and Geneva bishopric(s)

List of bishops

Bishop of Avenches

• Bubulcus (517-535)
• Grammatius (535-549)

Bishop of Lausanne 574-1536

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• Saint Marius (574-594)^[2]
• Arricus 639-654
• Prothasius 652
• Chilmegiselus 670
• Udalricus 690
• Fredarius 814-825
• David 827-850
• Hartmannus 852-878
• Hieronimus 878-892
• Boso 892-927
• Libo 927-932
• Bero 932-947
• Magnerius 947-968
• Eginolfus 968-985
• Henri of Bourgogne 985-1018
• Hugues of Bourgogne 1018-1037
• Henri II of Lenzbourg 1039-1051/56
• Burchard of Oltingen 1056-1089
• Lambert of Grandson 1089-1090
• Cono of Fenis 1090-1103/07
• Giroldus or Gérard of Faucigny 1105-1126/34
• Guy of Maligny or of Marlaniaco 1134-1143
• Amedeus of Clermont call of Lausanne 1145-1159
• Landri of Durnes 1160-1178/79
• Roger of Vico-Pisano 1178-1212
• Berthold of Neuchâtel 1212-1220
• Gérard of Rougemont 1220-1221
• Guillaume of Ecublens 1221-1229
• Boniface Clutinc 1231-1239
• Jean of Cossonay 1240-1273
• Guillaume of Champvent 1273-1301
• Gérard of Vuippens 1302-1309
• Othon of Champvent 1309-1312
• Pierre of Oron 1313-1323
• Jean de Rossillon 1323-1341
• Jean Bertrand 1341-1342
• Geoffroi de Vayrols 1342-1347
• François Prévost (Proust) 1347-1354
• Aymon de Cossonay 1355-1375
• Guy of Prangins 1375-1394
• Aymon Séchal administrator, 1394-1394
• Guillaume of Menthonay 1394-1406
• Guillaume of Challant 1406-1431
• Louis of la Palud 1431-1433
• Jean of Prangins 1433-1440
• Georges of Saluces 1440-1461
• Guillaume de Varax 1462-1466
• Jean Michel 1466-1468
• Barthélémy Chuet, administrator 1469-1472
• Giuliano della Rovere,^[3] 1472-1473, future pope Julius II, 1503-1513,
• Benoît of Montferrand 1476-1491
• Aymon of Montfalcon 1491-1517
• Sébastien of Montfalcon 1517-1536/60

Bishop of Lausanne 1600-1814

• Jean de Watteville 1609-1649^[4]
• Jost Knab 1652-1658^[5]
• Henri Fuchs 1658-1662 (apostolic administrator)^[6]
• Jean-Baptiste de Strambino 1662-1684^[7]
• Pierre de Montenbach 1688-1707^[8]
• Jacques Duding 1707-1716^[9]
• Claude-Antoine Duding 1716-1745^[10]
• Joseph-Hubert de Boccard 1746-1758^[11]
• Joseph-Nicolas de Montenach 1758-1782^[12]
• Berndard-Emmanuel de Lenzbourg 1782-1795^[13]
• Jean-Baptiste d'Odet 1796-1803^[14]
• Joseph-Antoine Guisolan 1804-1814^[15]

Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva 1821-1924

• Pierre-Tobie Yenni (1815-1845)^[16]
• Etienne Marilley (1846-1879)^[17]
• Christophore Cosandey (1879-1882)
• Gaspard Mermillod (1883-1891)
• Joseph Déruaz (1891-1911)
• André-Maurice Bovet (1911-1915)
• Placide Colliard (1915-1920)

Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg from 1924

• Marius Besson (1920-1945)
• François Charrière (1945-1970)
• Pierre Mamie (1970-1995)
• Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. (1995-1998)
• Bernard Genoud (1999-2010)
• Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011-Present)

Notes and references

1. Francis Aerny (1991), L'Evêché de Lausanne : (VIe siècle - 1536), Cabédita, French Book
2. Justin Favrod La Chronique de Marius d'Avenches, Cahiers Lausannois d'Histoire Médiévale, vol. 4, Lausanne, 1991
3. "Giuliano della Rovere". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
4. "Jean de Watteville". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
5. "Jost Knab". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
6. "Henri Fuchs". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
7. "Jean-Baptiste de Strambino". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
8. "Pierre de Montenbach". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
9. "Jacques Duding". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
10. "Claude-Antoine Duding". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
11. "Joseph-Hubert de Boccard". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
12. "Joseph-Nicolas de Montenach". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
13. "Berndard-Emmanuel de Lenzbourg". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
14. "Jean-Baptiste d'Odet". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
15. "Joseph-Antoine Guisolan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
16. "Pierre-Tobie Yenni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
17. "Etienne Marilley". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 21, 2007.