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.

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.