Bishop of Lausanne

The following people were bishops and prince-bishops of Lausanne:

From the beginning until the Reformation ( 1536)

  • St. Marius of Avenches 574? -594
  • St. Protasius 650
  • Chilmegisilus 670
  • ...
  • Ulrich 800? -813
  • Friedbar 813-817
  • Paschal 817
  • ...
  • David 827-850
  • Hartmann 851-878
  • Jerome 878-892
  • Boso 892-927
  • Libo 928-932
  • Burchard I of Burgundy 932-947
  • Meinhard 947-968
  • Eginolfus 968-985
  • Henry I of Burgundy 985-1018
  • Hugo of Burgundy 1018-1036
  • Vacancy
  • Henry II of Lenzburg 1038-1056
  • Burkhard von Oltigen, 1056-1089
  • Lambert of Grandson to 1090-1097/98
  • Kuno Graf von Hasenburg - Vinelz 1097/98-1103
  • Giroldus de Faucigny 1103-1126/34
  • Guy I de Maligny 1126/34-1143/44
  • Amadeus I of Hauterive 1144-1157 ( Clermont- Tonnerre House )
  • Vacancy
  • Landri de Durnes (Land Rich from Dornach ) 1160-1178
  • Roger de Vico Pisano 1178-1212 ( 1212 withdrawal)
  • Berthold of Neuchâtel 1212-1220
  • Gérard de Rougemont 1220-1221 (1221-1225 Archbishop of Besançon)
  • Guillaume I d' Ecublens 1221-1229
  • Peter of Savoy (1229-1231) (Administrator)
  • Boniface of Lausanne 1231-1239 ( 1239 withdrawal)
  • 1240 there was a double election by dasDomkapitel, 1241 decided in favor of the Pope Jean de Cossonays
  • Philip of Savoy (1240-1241) (1239-1266 Administrator of Valence, 1245-1267 Archbishop of Lyon)
  • Jean I de Cossonay 1240-1273
  • Guillaume II de Champvent 1274-1301
  • Gerhard III. of Wippingen 1302-1309 (1309-1325 Bishop of Baseel )
  • Othon de Champvent 1309-1312
  • Pierre d' Oron 1313-1323
  • Jean II de Rossillon 1323-1341
  • Jean III. Bertrand 1341-1342 (1342-1365 Archbishop of Tarentaiseee )
  • Geoffroi de Vayrols 1342-1347 (1347-1357 Bishop of Carpentras, 1357-1361 Bishop of Carcassonne, 1361-1376 Archbishop of Toulouse)
  • François Prévôt 1347-1354
  • Aimon I. de Cossonay 1355-1375
  • Guy II de Prangins 1375-1394
  • Guillaume III. de Monthonay 1394-1406
  • Guillaume IV de Challants 1406-1431
  • Louis de La Palud 1431-1433 (1441-1451 Bishop of Saint -Jean -de- Maurienne )
  • Jean IV de Prangins 1433-1440 (1440-1444 Bishop of Aosta)
  • George of Saluzzo 1440-1461 (1433-1440 Bishop of Aosta)
  • Guillaume V. de Varax 1462-1466
  • Jean Michel 1466-1468
  • Vacancy
  • Giuliano della Rovere 1472-1476
  • Benoît de Mont Ferrand 1476-1491
  • Aymon II de Montfalcon 1491-1517
  • Sébastien de Montfalcon 1517-1536

Bishops of Lausanne, Fribourg (CH)

  • Jean de Watteville 1609-1649
  • Jost Knab 1652-1658 Henri Fuchs 1658-1662 ( Apostolic Administrator )

Bishops of Lausanne and Geneva (since 1821)

The title of the Bishop of Geneva was finally transferred to the Bishop of Lausanne as part of the reorganization.

  • Pierre- Tobie Yenni 1815-1845
  • Etienne Marilley 1846-1879
  • Christophore Cosandey 1879-1882
  • Gaspard Mermillod 1883-1891
  • Joseph Déruaz 1891-1911
  • André Maurice Bovet 1911-1915
  • Placide Colliard 1915-1920
  • Marius Besson 1920-1945

Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (since 1924)

In 1924, the Collegiate Church of Freiburg Cathedral of Saint Nicholas of the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis, et friburgensis )

Pictures of Bishop of Lausanne

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