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Roman Catholic Diocese of Geneva

April 11, 2024

The Diocese of Geneva was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese in part of Switzerland and Savoy from 400 to 1801, when it merged with the Diocese of Chambéry. 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.

Sébastien Münster: View of Geneva, 1550. Cathedral of S. Pierre, left of center

History edit

Geneva was first recorded as a border town of the Allobroges, fortified against the Helvetii[1] (Celto-Germanic people). In 120 BC, Geneva was conquered by the Romans.[2] In 443 AD, Geneva became part of the Kingdom of Burgundy.[3] In 534 AD, it fell to the Franks. In 888 AD, Geneva was returned to the Kingdom of Burgundy. In 1033, it was taken into the Kingdom of Germany.

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 Pope Linus, was the first Bishop of Geneva.[4][5] Gregorio Leti (1630 – 1701)[6] and Besson,[7] wrote of the legend that Geneva was christianised by Dionysius the Areopagite and Paracodus, two of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, in the time of Domitian (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 Genava (Geneva in Switzerland) and Genua (Genoa 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 Pope Sixtus I (c. 116–125.[8]

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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Authentic early bishops edit

A letter of Salvian in 440 AD indicates that Salonius was Bishop of Geneva.[12] 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 Arles (c. 455 AD).[13] Salonius (called Bishop Salonius of Vienne) may have authored two small commentaries, In Parabolas Salomonis and On Ecclesiastics.[14]

Little is known about the bishops who followed Salonius. Theoplastus (c. 475 AD) was the recipient of a letter from St. Sidonius Apollinaris.[15] When Dormitianus (before 500 AD) was bishop, Princess Sedeleuba van Bourgondië,[16] a sister of Queen Clotilde, had the remains of the martyr, Victor of Solothurn moved to Geneva. Sedeleuba built a basilica in the martyr's honour. Maximus of Geneva (c. 512 – 541 AD), corresponded with Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne and Cyprian of Toulon.[10][17] 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 Guntram. In 585 AD, Bishop Cariatto attended Council of Valence in 584, and the Council of Macon in 585.[18]

The Bishopric (office of bishop) of Geneva was a suffragan (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 Pope Leo I ruled against him.[19]

The Holy Roman Empire edit

In September 1032, with the death of King Rudolf III, the dynasty of the kings of Burgundy, which had ruled since 888,[20] came to an end. Sovereignty passed to the Emperor Conrad II (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.[21]

On 17 January 1154, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa received Bishop Ardicius at his court at Speyer, and appointed and invested him as a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.[22] 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 edit

Bishop Guillaume de Constans 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.[23] On 19 September 1290, Bishop Guillaume de Constans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy signed a treaty, by which the Counts of Savoy obtained the Bishop of Geneva's Vidame (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.[24] François de Candie of Chambéry-Le-Vieux was one such Vidame.

In 1387, Bishop Adhémar Fabry granted Geneva its charter ensuring the city's rights and institutional continuity.[25] Subsequent bishops were expected to affirm the charter.

In 1394, the Counts of Geneva's line ended with no further issue. The House of Savoy sought to take its place. On 19 February 1416, King Sigismund of Germany granted the counts of Savoy the title "Duke".[26] 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.[27]

The City of Geneva responded to the successes of the House of Savoy by making an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy, an Eidgenossenschaft. In 1526, Geneva aligned with Bern and Fribourg.[10]

The Protestant Reformation edit

 
Jean Pécolat (in French) being tortured in 1517 under the order of Jean-François de Savoie (in French), Bishop of Geneva

In the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation 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 Mont Cenis and the Great St Bernard Pass. It also included Nyon. However, under the rule of Charlemagne (742 – 814) Tarantaise was detached from Geneva to form a separate diocese. The bishops of Geneva ruled over 8 chapters, 423 parishes, 9 abbeys and 68 priories.

On 2 August 1527, Bishop Pierre de la Baume,[28] 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.[29] He and the cathedral Chapter of Geneva settled in Annecy in 1535, and, despite their own efforts and encouragement from Pope Clement VII, they were not able to persuade the Genevans to allow a return. Bishop de la Baune was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539,[30] and promoted to the archbishopric of Besançon on 29 December 1541.[31] 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.[32]

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, John Calvin (1509 – 1564) went to Geneva, but was expelled after disagreement over details of the Easter eucharist. He returned to Geneva in 1541 and lived there until his death. Geneva became a stronghold of Calvinism. In 1532, the Bishop of Geneva was removed from his seat. In 1535, he established his see in Annecy[33] and in 1536 at Gex.

Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622) was Bishop of Geneva. He held the position from 1602 to 1621. Through his devotion, many in the diocese returned to Catholicism.[10]

Geneva under French occupation edit

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.[34]

Under the rule of the First Consul Napoleon, 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 Pope Pius VII, submitted his resignation as bishop.[35] 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 Chambéry.[36] On 9 June 1815, in Article LXXX of the general treaty at the Congress of Vienna, the Canton of Geneva was extended to cover 15 Savoyard and 6 French parishes, ceded by the King of Sardinia.[37] This included 16,000 people of the Catholic faith. Geneva was also admitted to the Swiss Confederation. The Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Turin (1816)[38] provided protection to the Catholic religion in Geneva.[10]

Restoration edit

In 1819, Pope Pius VII united the City of Geneva and twenty parishes with the Diocese of Lausanne.[39] 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.[40] The Cantonal Council abandoned previous agreements. In imitation of the French Organic Articles (laws regarding public worship) the Cantonal Council requested a placet (an acceptance by civil authorities of canon law).

Etienne Marilley (1804–1889) became the parish priest of Geneva in 1831 and was consecrated bishop of Lausanne and Geneva in 1846.[41] The 1870s was the time of Kulturkampf. 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 separation of church and state.[10]

Bishops of Geneva (Genf, Genève) edit

To 1200 edit

...
  • Isaac (end of 4th cent.)[42]
...
  • Theoplastus (last third of 5th cent.)[43]
  • Domitianus (2nd half of 5th cent.)[44]
...
  • Maximus (attested 517)[45]
  • Pappulus (attested 549)[46]
  • Salonius (attested 570–573)[47]
  • Cariatto (attested 584–585)[48]
...
  • Abellenus (attested c. 620)[49]
...
  • Pappulus (attested 650)[50]
...
  • Altadus (attested 833–838)[51]
...
  • Ansegisus (attested 877)[52]
  • Optandus (attested 881)[53]
  • Bernardus (attested c. 892)[54]
...
  • Geroldus[55]
  • Hugo (993–1020)[56]
  • Bernardus (c.1020–1030)
  • Adalgodus (c.1020–1030)[57]
  • Konradus (c.1020–1030)[58]
  • Fridericus (c.1030–1073)[59]
  • ? Boczadus (c. 1073–1083 ?)[60]
  • Guy de Faucigny (c. 1083–1119)[61]
  • Humbert de Grammont (1120–1135)[62]
  • Arducius de Faucigny (1135–1185)[63]
  • Nantelmus (1185–1205)[64]

1200 to 1500 edit

  • Bernard Chabert (1205–1213)[65]
  • Pierre de Sessons (1213–1213)
  • Aymon de Grandson (1215–1260)[66]
  • Henri de Bottis, O.S.B.Clun. (1260–1267)[67]
  • Aymon de Menthonay (1268–1275)
  • Robert de Genève (1276–1287)[68]
  • Guillaume de Conflans (1287–1295)[69])
  • Martin de Saint-Germain (1295–1303)
  • Aimone de Quart (1304–1311)[70]
  • Pierre de Faucigny (1311–1342)[71]
  • Alamand de Saint-Jeoire (1342–1366))[72]
  • Guillaume de Marcossey (1366–1377)[73]
  • Jean de Murol (1378–1385)[74]
  • Adhémar Fabri de La Roche, O.P. (1385–1388) (Avignon Obedience)[75]
  • Guillaume di Lornay (1388–1408) (Avignon Obedience)[76]
  • Jean de Bertrand (1408–1418) (Avignon Obedience)[77]
  • Jean de la Rochetaillée (1418–1422) Administrator[78]
  • Jean Courtecuisse (1422–1423)[79]
  • Jean Allarmet de Brogny (1423–1426) Administrator[80]
  • François de Meez, O.S.B. (1426–1444)[81]
  • Amedeus of Savoie (1444–1451) Administrator[82]
  • Pierre de Savoie (1451 – 1458) Administrator[83]
  • Jean-Louis de Savoie (1460 – 1482)
  • Cardinal Domenico della Rovere (19–24 July 1482)[85]
  • Jean de Compey (1482 – 1484)[86]
  • François de Savoie (1484–1490)[87]
  • Antoine Champion (1490–1495)[88]
Philippe de Savoie (1495–1509) Bishop-elect[89]

1500 to 1800 edit

  • Charles de Seyssel (1509–1513)[90]
  • Jean de Savoie (1513–1522)[91]
  • Pierre de La Baume (1522–1543)[92]
  • Louis de Rye (1543–1550)[93]
  • Philibert de Rye (1550–1556)[94]
  • François de Bachod (1556–1568)[95]
  • Ange Justiniani (1568–1578)[96]
  • Claude de Granier (1578–1602)[97]
  • François de Sales (1602–1622)[98]
  • Jean-François de Sales (1622–1635)[99]
  • Juste Guérin (1639–1645)[100]
  • Charles-Auguste de Sales (1645–1660)[101]
  • Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex (1661–1695)[102]
  • Michel-Gabriel de Rossillon de Bernex (1697–1734)[103]
  • Joseph-Nicolas Deschamps di Chaumont (1741–1763)[104]
  • Jean-Pierre Biord (1764−1785)[105]
Sede vacante (1785–1787)[106]
Bishops of Chambéry
  • René des Monstiers de Mérinville (1802–1805)[109]
  • Irénée-Yves de Solle (1805–1821)[110]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico Book 1, chapter 6. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 1-2.
  2. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 3-13.
  3. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 14-42.
  4. ^ Joseph-Antoine Besson. Memoires pour l'histoire ecclésiastique des diocèses de Genève, Tantaise, Aoste et Maurienne. Nancy (1739) Moutiers (1871). p. 2.
  5. ^ "Geneva was Christianised by Dionysius Areopagita and Paracodus, two of the seventy-two disciples, in the time of Domitian; Dionysius went thence to Paris, and Paracodus became the first Bishop of Geneva. The legend, however, is fictitious, as is that which makes St. Lazarus the first Bishop of Geneva..." Gregor Reinhold (1910), "Lausanne and Geneva," in: Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company 1910), pp. 40-43, at p. 41.
  6. ^ Leti, Gregorio (1686). Historia Genevrena. Amsterdam.
  7. ^ Joseph-Antoine Besson. Memoires pour l'histoire ecclésiastique des diocèses de Genève, Tantaise, Aoste et Maurienne. Nancy (1739) Moutiers (1871). pp. 2–3.
  8. ^ Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 7.
  9. ^ Duchesne, pp. 220-222.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Gregor Reinhold (1910), "Lausanne and Geneva," in: Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company 1910), pp. 40-43.
  11. ^ Duchesne, p. 227, no. 1.
  12. ^ C. Halm (ed.), Salviani Presbyteri Masssiliensis libri quae supersunt, in: Monumenta Germaniae historica. Auctorum antiquissimorum. Tomi 1, pars prior (in Latin and German) (Berlin: Weidmann 1877), pp. 116-119.
  13. ^ Duchesne, p. 227. Charles Munier, Concilia Galliae: A. 314 - A. 506, (in Latin), Volume 1 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1963), pp. 87, 89, 102, 133. He subscribes: "Ex provincia Vienninsi civit. Genauensis Salunius eepiscopus."
  14. ^ J,-P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae cursus completus: Series Latina, (in Latin), Volume 53 (Paris: Garnier, editores et J.-P. Migne successores, excudebat Sirou, 1865), pp. 967-1012.
  15. ^ Duchesne, p. 227, no. 3.
  16. ^ Berthe Widmer, "Der Ursus- und Victorkult in Solothurn," in: Benno Schubiger (ed.), Solothurn: Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Stadt im Mittelalter: Kolloquium vom 13./14. November 1987 in Solothurn, (in German), (Zürich: Verlag der Fachvereine, 1991), pp. 41-42.
  17. ^ Wawra, C. (1903). "Ein Brief des Bischofe Cyprian von Toulon an den Bischof Maximus von Genf". (Tubinger) Theologische Quartalschrift. 85: 576–594.
  18. ^ Cariatto: Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 24, no. 72. De Clercq, p. 236, 249.
  19. ^ William Henley Jervis, The Gallican Church: A History of the Church of France, from the Concordat of Bologna, A.D. 1516, to the Revolution, Volume 1 (London: J. Murray, 1872), pp. 7-9. A. Edward Siecienski, The Papacy and the Orthodox: Sources and History of a Debate, (New York: Oxford University Press 2017), p. 172.
  20. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 30-32.
  21. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 50-53.
  22. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 93, no. 333.
  23. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 306.
  24. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 327, no. 1221. Charles Buet, Les ducs de Savoie aux XVe et XVIe siècles, (in French), (Tours: A. Mame, 1878), p. 35.
  25. ^ Sonia Vernhes Rappaz, "Geneva, Imperial city and Episcopal principality (11th-16th century)" University of Geneva. Accessed 29 December 2017. [self-published source]
  26. ^ Buet, p. 39
  27. ^ Édouard Mallet, "Mémoire historique sur l'élection des évêques de Genève. Second partie," (in French), in: Mémoires et documents de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie, Volume 5 (Genève: La Société/F. Ramboz, 1847), pp. 127-354, at p. 146.
  28. ^ E. William Monter, Calvin's Geneva, (Eugene, OR USA: Wipf and Stock Publishers 2012), pp. 38-39.
  29. ^ Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 451.
  30. ^ Eubel III, p. 26, no. 29.
  31. ^ Eubel III, p. 134.
  32. ^ Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Volume 2 (R. Carter & brothers, 1864), pp. 340, 342-346.
  33. ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 223, note 1.
  34. ^ Paul Pisani, Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802), (in French), (Paris: A. Picard 1907), pp. 19-24; 306.
  35. ^ Lavanchy, Volume II, pp. 266-272.
  36. ^ Lavanchy, Volume II, pp. 263-272. Pius VII, bull "Qui Christi Domini," in: Bullarii Romani Continuatio Volume XI (Rome: Camera Apostolica 1846), pp. 245-249, § 6.
  37. ^ General Treaty of the Congress of Vienna, Art. LXXX.
  38. ^ Hugh Heugh, Notices of the State of Religion in Geneva and Belgium, (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1844), pp. 18-19.
  39. ^ Pius VII, "Inter multiplices" (20 September 1819), in: Bullarii romani continuatio. (in Latin). Vol. XV, pp. 246–248.
  40. ^ Pius VII, the bull "Temporum vices" (30 January 1821), in: Bullarii romani continuatio. (in Latin). Vol. XV, pp. 370–371.
  41. ^ Jean Gremaud, Notice biographique sur sa grandeur Mgr. Étienne Marilley, évêque de Lausanne et de Genève, archevêque de Myre, (in French), Fribourg: Impr. Fragnière, 1889.
  42. ^ According to Bishop Eucherius of Lyon, he was a source of the "Passio sanctorum Mauricii ac Sociorum." Thierry Ruinart, Acta primorum Martyrum sincera, (in Latin) (1689), p. 289: "Porro ab idoneis auctoribus rei ipsius veritatem quaesivi, ab his utique qui affirmabant, ab episcopo Genavensi sancto Isaac hunc quem retulit passionis ordinem cognovisse; qui, credo, rursum haec retro a beatissimo episcopo Theodoro viro temporis anterioris acceperat." Isaac is not mentioned in the episcopal list of S. Pierre. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 1.
  43. ^ Theoplastus was the recipient of a letter from Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop of Civitas Arvernorum c. 469–480s. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 3.
  44. ^ Duchesne, p. 228, no. 4.
  45. ^ Council at Epaone: Lullin & Le Fort (1866), p. 18, no. 52. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 5. C. De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695 (Turnhout: Brepols 1963), pp. 20, 36: "Maxemus in Christi nomine episcopus ciuitatis Genuensis relegi et subscripsi."
  46. ^ Bishop Pappulus did not attend the Council of Orléans in 549, but sent a representative: "Tranquillus presbyter directus a domno meo Pappulo episcopo ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi." De Clercq, p. 160. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 6.
  47. ^ Bishop Salonius attended the Council of Lyon in 570, and the Council of Paris in 573. De Clercq, p. 202: "Salonius in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi;" p. 214. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 7.
  48. ^ Cariatto attended the Council of Valence in 584, and the Council of Macon in 585. De Clercq, p. 236, 249: "Cariatto in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi." Duchesne, pp. 228-229, no. 8.
  49. ^ Abellenus: Duchesne, p. 229, no. 9.
  50. ^ Bishop Pappulus (II) attended the Council of Chalon-sur-Saône. De Clercq, p. 308: "Pappolus episcopus ecclesie Genuense subscripsi." Duchesne, p. 229, no. 10.
  51. ^ Altadus, Attadus, Abtadus, Apradus: Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 384-385. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin), Vol. 14 (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 642 (Council of Worms). Duchesne, p. 229, no. 11.
  52. ^ Bishop Ansegisus participated in the Council of Ravenna in 877. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin), Vol. 17 (Venice: A. Zatta 1772), p. 342. Duchesne, p. 229, no. 12.
  53. ^ Optandus was consecrated a bishop by Pope John VIII at the command of Emperor Charles the Fat. He was imprisoned, however, by Archbishop Otramnus of Vienne, and was replaced. Pope John wrote an angry letter to the archbishop Jacobus Sirmondus (Jacques Sirmond), Concilia antiqua Galliae,, (in Latin), Volume 3 (sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1629), pp. 517-518. Duchesne, p. 230, no. 13.
  54. ^ Bertrandus was summoned to attend a provincial synod to be held on 1 October, to deal with his canonical irregularities; he did not attend. Hauréau, Gallia christiana, vol. XVI, Instrumenta, p. 143. Duchesne, p. 230, no. 13.
  55. ^ Bishop Geroldus: Besson, p. 10. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 39, no. 132.
  56. ^ In 993 or 994, Bishop Hugo participated in the election of abbot Odilo of Cluny. In 998, Bishop Hugo participated in the council of Rome, held by Pope Gregory V in the presence of the Emperor Otto III. On 11 October 1019, Bishop Hugo participated in the consecration of the church of Basel. Besson, p. 11. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 39-45, assign Hughes the dates "988–1019 environ."
  57. ^ Adalgodus' name appears on a coin. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 46, no. 164.
  58. ^ Konradus' name appears on a coin. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 46, no. 163.
  59. ^ Fredericus is assigned 37 years in the episcopal list in the bible of S. Pierre, and notes that he died on 25 August. Duchesne, p. 226.
  60. ^ A name (Burchardus?) without any documentary evidence. He is called "Borsadus" by Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 54. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 392.
  61. ^ On 1 February 1083, Guy presented the abbey of Cluny with a church in his diocese. In January 1107, he attended a council in Lyon. Bishop Guy de Faucigny held a synod, attended by Archbishop Boson of Tarantaise and Bishop Amico of Bellay, which adjucated property rights between a monastery and a parish; the date is unknown. He died on 1 November 1119 (or 1120). Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 71-72, no. 258. Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 58-61. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 392-395.
  62. ^ Bishop Humbert published a document in 1134. He died on 31 October 1135. Mallet (1843), p. 141, note 1. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tBw2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA395 pp. 395-396.] Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 61-64.
  63. ^ Mallet (1843), pp. 141-142. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois pp. 82-83.
  64. ^ Nantelmus: Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 75-78.
  65. ^ Bernard had been Chancellor of the diocese of Paris. Eubel I, p. 260.
  66. ^ Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois pp. 149-150. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 407-412. Eubel I, p. 260.
  67. ^ On the resignation of Bishop Aimon, Henri de Bottis was appointed directly by Pope Alexander IV on 6 May 1260. He had been Prior of the priory of S. Alban in Basel. He died on 20 September 1267. He did not, as is sometimes said, apply for and obtain permission of Pope Clement IV to resign and return to a monastery, dying in 1275, as Besson (p. 30) related. Bishop Henri's successor, Bishop Aymon de Menthonay was already in office on 12 February 1268. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 84-87. Auguste Coulon, Les registres d'Alexandre IV (in Latin), Vol. 3 (Paris: E. de Boccard 1953), p. 112, no. 3106.
  68. ^ Bishop. Robert died on 14 January 1287. Eubel I, p. 260.
  69. ^ Bishop Guillaume died on 2 March 1295. Eubel I, p. 260. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), pp. 306-308.
  70. ^ Bishop Martin died on 1 December 1303. Aimone, Provost of Lausanne, was elected by the Chapter of Geneva at the end of February 1304, and consecrated a bishop on 5 October 1342. Mallet (1843), pp. 149-151; 184-185.
  71. ^ Pierre de Faucigny had been Provost of the cathedral Chapter of Geneva, which elected him bishop on 4 December 1311. He died on 28 March 1342. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 121-121. Eubel I, p. 260.
  72. ^ Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 121-128. Eubel I, p. 260.
  73. ^ Bishop Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366. The canons immediately elected their Provost, Nicod de Begnins, but Pope Urban V voided his election. Instead, on 10 April 1366, the pope transferred Bishop Guillaume Fournier de Marcossay from the diocese of Gap. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 128-132. Eubel I, p. 260.
  74. ^ Jean de Murol was the son of Jean, seigneur de Murol (Auvergne), and was a canon of the cathedral of Rouen (or Paris). He was named bishop of Geneva by Pope Gregory XI on 27 January 1378. On 12 July 1385, he was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VII, and appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in France; the administratorship was revoked on 23 December 1388, when a new bishop was appointed. He died on 10 February 1399. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 133-137. Eubel I, pp. 28, no. 24; 260; 497.
  75. ^ From 13 November 1363 to 10 November 1378, he was bishop of Bethléem à Clamecy. On 10 November 1378, he was named Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux by Pope Clement VII. Fabri was named bishop of Geneva on 12 July 1385 by Clement VII. He died on 8 October 1388. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 137-142. Eubel I, pp. 135, 260, 497.
  76. ^ Guillaume had been archdeacon of Carpentras. He was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) on 12 October 1388. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 142-146. Eubel I, p. 260.
  77. ^ Jean de Bertrand was named bishop of Geneva by [[Antipope Benedict XIII|Pope Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna) on 14 December 1408. At the request of the canons of Geneva, he was transferred to the Diocese of Tarentaise on 23 September 1418 by Pope Martin V. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 146-149. Eubel I, p. 261 with note 5.
  78. ^ Rochetaillée served as bishop of Geneva from 23 September 1418 to 12 June 1422. From 13 July 1412 to 26 June 1423, he was the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. From 12 June 1422 to 26 June 1423, Rochetaillee was bishop of the Diocese of Paris. From 26 June 1423 to 24 May 1426, he was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen. From 24 May 1426 until 1431 he served as the Apostolic Administrator of Rouen and was the Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina from 27 May 1426 until his death on 24 March 1437. His other roles in this period included Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major from January 1428, Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Besançon from 14 October 1429 to 24 March 1437 and Vice-Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery from 1434 to 24 March 1437.
  79. ^ Jean had previously been Chancellor of the University of Paris; he was appointed Bishop of Paris on 16 June 1421, but was not consecrated or installed, due to the occupation of the city by the English King Henry V. He was appointed bishop of Geneva on 12 June 1422 by Pope Martin V. He died on 4 March 1423. Honoré Fisquet, La France pontificale: Paris, (in French), tome premier (Paris: Etienne Repos, 1864), pp. 305-309. Eubel I, p. 261
  80. ^ Jean Allarmet de Brogny, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri was appointed administrator of Geneva on 3 December 1423, by Pope Martin V. He had previously been Bishop of Viviers (France) (1382–1385), and then Archbishop of Arles (1410–1412). He died on 16 February 1426.
  81. ^ François de Meez was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Martin V on 4 March 1426. He was named a cardinal by Felix V on 2 October 1440. He died on 7 March 1444. Eubel II, p. 158, note 1.
  82. ^ Amadeus was also administrator of the diocese of Geneva, with permission of the Council of Basel, while Antipope Felix V (5 November 1439–7 April 1449). After resigning the papacy, he was appointed a cardinal and named Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1449) by Pope Nicholas V. He died on 7 January 1451. Eubel II, p. 158.
  83. ^ Pierre died on 21 August 1458. Eubel II, p. 158.
  84. ^ Mamerto Fichet was the brother of Guillaume Fichet, a scholar and Rector of the Sorbonne, who organized the first printing press in Paris. Bishop Mamerto Fichet granted his brother a canonry in Geneva on 16 October 1472. Anatole Claudin, The First Paris Press: An Account of the Books Printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472, (Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1897), p. 45, note 86. Binz (1973), pp. 61, 136, 201, 254, 259.
  85. ^ Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1479.08.13–death 1501.04.22), Bishop of Montefiascone (1479.08.24–1491.04.22) and Bishop of Corneto (Italy) (1479.08.24–1491.04.22); he was transferred to the diocese of Torino on 24 July 1482, after only five days as bishop of Geneva; he replaced Jean de Compois, who was transferred to Geneva. Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarentaise (France) (11 February 1478–24 July 1482).
  86. ^ Jean de Compois had previously been Bishop of Turin (1469–1482). He was named bishop of Geneva on 24 July 1482. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Tarentaise on 14 June 1484 by Pope Sixtus IV.. He died on 28 June 1492. Eubel I, pp. 245, 247, 261.
  87. ^ François de Savoie died on 3 October 1490 in Turin. The cathedral Chapter met in Geneva on 6 October 1490 to exert their right to elect his successor; they chose Charles de Seyssel. Important Savoyards, including Philippe de Bresse and Blanche de Montferrat, had already arranged with Pope Innocent VIII to have the bishop of Mondovi, Antoine Champion, transferred to Geneva. De Seyssel's nomination was therefore rejected. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 304-314.
  88. ^ (1490.11.05–1495), previously Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1484.11.26–1490.11.05). Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 313-319.
  89. ^ Philippe de Savoie was the son of Philippe de Bresse, the son of Duke Louis, and therefore great-grandson of Amadeus of Savoy (Pope Felix V). He was six years old when named bishop, at the request of the magistrates of Geneva. Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) appointed Cardinal Domenico della Rovere as Apostolic Administrator on 19 February 1496; he resigned on 22 May 1497. In his place, the bishop of Lausanne, Aimo de Montfaucon, was granted the administratorship. Philippe de Savoie resigned the diocese in 1509, at the age of 20. His successor was appointed by Pope Julius II on 5 November 1509. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 319-328. Eubel II, p. 158; III, p. 201.
  90. ^ Bishop de Seyssel died on 12 April 1513. The cathedral Chapter elected Canon Aimo de Gingins as his successor, but he was rejected by Pope Leo X. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 449. Eubel III, p. 201.
  91. ^ Jean was the illegitimate son of François de Savoie, who had been administrator of the diocese of Geneva (1484–1490). He had been a priest of the diocese of Angers, to which François de Savoie had been transferred in 1490, for which he had required a dispensation super defectus natalium. When Pope Leo voided the election made by the Chapter, he granted the right to appoint the next bishop to the Duke of Savoy, who named his relative Jean, who was approved by Pope Leo X. Jean died on 8 June 1522. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 449-450. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 338-354. Eubel III, p. 201.
  92. ^ Baume was named bishop of Geneva on 10 October 1522. He was Coadjutor Archbishop of Besançon (France) from 13 July 1530, but allowed to retain the diocese of Geneva. He was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539, and Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 21 November 1541. He succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon on 29 December 1541. He resigned in favor of his nephew Claude de Baume on 27 June 1543. He died on 4 May 1544. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 450-452. Eubel III, pp. 26, no. 29; 134; 201.
  93. ^ Louis de Rye: Fleury, Vol. 2, pp.91-93.
  94. ^ Philibert de Rye: Fleury, Vol. 2, p. 93.
  95. ^ François de Bachod: Fleury, Vol. 2, pp.93-100.
  96. ^ Giustiniani: Fleury II, pp. 120-126.
  97. ^ Granier died at the Château de Pollinge, while he was on his way to Annecy, on 17 September 1602. Fleury II, pp. 126-140.
  98. ^ François de Sales:(1602.09.17–death 1622.12.28), also Founder of the nuns Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) (1610.06.06); succeeded as previous Bishop-elect Titular Bishop of Nicopolis (1602.07.15–1602.09.17) and Coadjutor Bishop of Genève (1602.07.15–1602.09.17)
  99. ^ Jean-François de Sales: (1622.12.28–death 1635.06.08), succeeded as previous Titular Bishop of Chalcedon (1620.10.12–1622.12.28) and Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva (1620.10.12–1622.12.28)
  100. ^ (1639.03.28–death 1645.11.03)
  101. ^ Charles-Auguste de Sales had been appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva (Switzerland) on 19 December 1644), and on the same day named Titular Bishop of Hebron. He succeeded to the diocese on the death of Bishop Guérin on 3 November 1645. He died on 8 February 1660. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 193 with note 5.
  102. ^ d’Arenthon d’Alex was named on 4 July 1661. He died on 3 July 1695. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 193 with note 6.
  103. ^ Rossillon was named bishop on 26 August 1697. He died on 23 April 1734. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 208 with note 2.
  104. ^ Deschamps was born in Chambery in 1701, and held a doctorate in theology (U. Valence, 1741). He had been abbot of Chesiriacum (Chéserey, Sisserey) (1728–1741). He was nominated by the King of Sardinia on 21 February 1741, and approved in consistory by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 April 1741. He died on 2 November 1763. Hauréau, Gallia Christiana XVI, p. 497. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 223 with note 2.
  105. ^ (1764.07.09–death 1785.03.07)
  106. ^ Lavanchy I, pp. 1-3.
  107. ^ Paget was named bishop by Pope Pius VI on 23 April 1787. He submitted his resignation at the request of Pope Pius VII on 21 November 1801. He died in retirement on 25 April 1810, at the age of 84. Lavanchy I, pp. 268, 272. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 224.
  108. ^ Panisetta became Constitutional Bishop of Mont-Blanc on 7 April 1793. On 22 February 1796, he submitted his retraction of apostasy to the papal nuncio in Lucerne. Déclaration et rétractation de François-Thérèse Panisset, Evêque constitutionnel du Mont-Blanc, (in French), Lausanne: Chez Vincent, 1796. Paul Pisani. Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802), (in French), (Paris: A. Picard 1907), pp. 306-310.
  109. ^ Monstiers was appointed on 4 April 1802 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara, through special powers delegated him as papal legate. Lavagny, p. 273. He retired on 7 February 1805, and died in 1829. Previously, he had been Bishop of Dijon (France) (1787–1801): L. Morand, Documents: Anciennes corporations des arts et métiers de Chambéry et de quelques autres localités de la Savoie. Personnel ecclésiastique du diocèse de Chambéry de 1802 à 1893, (in French), Volume 7 (Chambéry: Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie/ 1893), pp. 194-206.
  110. ^ L. Morand, Documents: Anciennes corporations des arts et métiers de Chambéry et de quelques autres localités de la Savoie. Personnel ecclésiastique du diocèse de Chambéry de 1802 à 1893, (in French), Volume 7 (Chambéry: Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie/ 1893), pp. 207-213.

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The Diocese of Geneva was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese in part of Switzerland and Savoy from 400 to 1801 when it merged with the Diocese of Chambery The merged diocese was later broken up due to changes in national boundaries The diocese of Chambery lost Swiss territory to the Diocese of Lausanne Geneva and Fribourg Sebastien Munster View of Geneva 1550 Cathedral of S Pierre left of centerContents 1 History 1 1 Authentic early bishops 1 2 The Holy Roman Empire 1 3 House of Savoy 1 4 The Protestant Reformation 1 5 Geneva under French occupation 1 6 Restoration 2 Bishops of Geneva Genf Geneve 2 1 To 1200 2 2 1200 to 1500 2 3 1500 to 1800 3 See also 4 References 5 Sources 5 1 Episcopal lists 5 2 Studies 5 3 External linksHistory editGeneva was first recorded as a border town of the Allobroges fortified against the Helvetii 1 Celto Germanic people In 120 BC Geneva was conquered by the Romans 2 In 443 AD Geneva became part of the Kingdom of Burgundy 3 In 534 AD it fell to the Franks In 888 AD Geneva was returned to the Kingdom of Burgundy In 1033 it was taken into the Kingdom of Germany 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 Pope Linus was the first Bishop of Geneva 4 5 Gregorio Leti 1630 1701 6 and Besson 7 wrote of the legend that Geneva was christianised by Dionysius the Areopagite and Paracodus two of the seventy two disciples of Jesus Christ in the time of Domitian 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 Genava Geneva in Switzerland and Genua Genoa 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 Pope Sixtus I c 116 125 8 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 9 10 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 11 Authentic early bishops edit A letter of Salvian in 440 AD indicates that Salonius was Bishop of Geneva 12 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 Arles c 455 AD 13 Salonius called Bishop Salonius of Vienne may have authored two small commentaries In Parabolas Salomonis and On Ecclesiastics 14 Little is known about the bishops who followed Salonius Theoplastus c 475 AD was the recipient of a letter from St Sidonius Apollinaris 15 When Dormitianus before 500 AD was bishop Princess Sedeleuba van Bourgondie 16 a sister of Queen Clotilde had the remains of the martyr Victor of Solothurn moved to Geneva Sedeleuba built a basilica in the martyr s honour Maximus of Geneva c 512 541 AD corresponded with Avitus Archbishop of Vienne and Cyprian of Toulon 10 17 In 541 AD Bishop Pappulus sent Thoribiusas a priest to represent him at the Fourth Council of Orleans 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 Guntram In 585 AD Bishop Cariatto attended Council of Valence in 584 and the Council of Macon in 585 18 The Bishopric office of bishop of Geneva was a suffragan 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 Pope Leo I ruled against him 19 The Holy Roman Empire edit In September 1032 with the death of King Rudolf III the dynasty of the kings of Burgundy which had ruled since 888 20 came to an end Sovereignty passed to the Emperor Conrad II 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 21 On 17 January 1154 the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa received Bishop Ardicius at his court at Speyer and appointed and invested him as a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire 22 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 edit Bishop Guillaume de Constans 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 23 On 19 September 1290 Bishop Guillaume de Constans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy signed a treaty by which the Counts of Savoy obtained the Bishop of Geneva s Vidame 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 24 Francois de Candie of Chambery Le Vieux was one such Vidame In 1387 Bishop Adhemar Fabry granted Geneva its charter ensuring the city s rights and institutional continuity 25 Subsequent bishops were expected to affirm the charter In 1394 the Counts of Geneva s line ended with no further issue The House of Savoy sought to take its place On 19 February 1416 King Sigismund of Germany granted the counts of Savoy the title Duke 26 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 27 The City of Geneva responded to the successes of the House of Savoy by making an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy an Eidgenossenschaft In 1526 Geneva aligned with Bern and Fribourg 10 The Protestant Reformation edit nbsp Jean Pecolat in French being tortured in 1517 under the order of Jean Francois de Savoie in French Bishop of GenevaIn the 16th century the Protestant Reformation 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 Mont Cenis and the Great St Bernard Pass It also included Nyon However under the rule of Charlemagne 742 814 Tarantaise was detached from Geneva to form a separate diocese The bishops of Geneva ruled over 8 chapters 423 parishes 9 abbeys and 68 priories On 2 August 1527 Bishop Pierre de la Baume 28 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 29 He and the cathedral Chapter of Geneva settled in Annecy in 1535 and despite their own efforts and encouragement from Pope Clement VII they were not able to persuade the Genevans to allow a return Bishop de la Baune was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539 30 and promoted to the archbishopric of Besancon on 29 December 1541 31 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 32 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 John Calvin 1509 1564 went to Geneva but was expelled after disagreement over details of the Easter eucharist He returned to Geneva in 1541 and lived there until his death Geneva became a stronghold of Calvinism In 1532 the Bishop of Geneva was removed from his seat In 1535 he established his see in Annecy 33 and in 1536 at Gex Francis de Sales 1567 1622 was Bishop of Geneva He held the position from 1602 to 1621 Through his devotion many in the diocese returned to Catholicism 10 Geneva under French occupation edit 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 34 Under the rule of the First Consul Napoleon 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 Pope Pius VII submitted his resignation as bishop 35 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 Chambery 36 On 9 June 1815 in Article LXXX of the general treaty at the Congress of Vienna the Canton of Geneva was extended to cover 15 Savoyard and 6 French parishes ceded by the King of Sardinia 37 This included 16 000 people of the Catholic faith Geneva was also admitted to the Swiss Confederation The Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Turin 1816 38 provided protection to the Catholic religion in Geneva 10 Restoration edit In 1819 Pope Pius VII united the City of Geneva and twenty parishes with the Diocese of Lausanne 39 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 40 The Cantonal Council abandoned previous agreements In imitation of the French Organic Articles laws regarding public worship the Cantonal Council requested a placet an acceptance by civil authorities of canon law Etienne Marilley 1804 1889 became the parish priest of Geneva in 1831 and was consecrated bishop of Lausanne and Geneva in 1846 41 The 1870s was the time of Kulturkampf 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 separation of church and state 10 Bishops of Geneva Genf Geneve editTo 1200 edit Isaac end of 4th cent 42 Theoplastus last third of 5th cent 43 Domitianus 2nd half of 5th cent 44 Maximus attested 517 45 Pappulus attested 549 46 Salonius attested 570 573 47 Cariatto attested 584 585 48 Abellenus attested c 620 49 Pappulus attested 650 50 Altadus attested 833 838 51 Ansegisus attested 877 52 Optandus attested 881 53 Bernardus attested c 892 54 Geroldus 55 Hugo 993 1020 56 Bernardus c 1020 1030 Adalgodus c 1020 1030 57 Konradus c 1020 1030 58 Fridericus c 1030 1073 59 Boczadus c 1073 1083 60 Guy de Faucigny c 1083 1119 61 Humbert de Grammont 1120 1135 62 Arducius de Faucigny 1135 1185 63 Nantelmus 1185 1205 64 1200 to 1500 edit Bernard Chabert 1205 1213 65 Pierre de Sessons 1213 1213 Aymon de Grandson 1215 1260 66 Henri de Bottis O S B Clun 1260 1267 67 Aymon de Menthonay 1268 1275 Robert de Geneve 1276 1287 68 Guillaume de Conflans 1287 1295 69 Martin de Saint Germain 1295 1303 Aimone de Quart 1304 1311 70 Pierre de Faucigny 1311 1342 71 Alamand de Saint Jeoire 1342 1366 72 Guillaume de Marcossey 1366 1377 73 Jean de Murol 1378 1385 74 Adhemar Fabri de La Roche O P 1385 1388 Avignon Obedience 75 Guillaume di Lornay 1388 1408 Avignon Obedience 76 Jean de Bertrand 1408 1418 Avignon Obedience 77 Jean de la Rochetaillee 1418 1422 Administrator 78 Jean Courtecuisse 1422 1423 79 Jean Allarmet de Brogny 1423 1426 Administrator 80 Francois de Meez O S B 1426 1444 81 Amedeus of Savoie 1444 1451 Administrator 82 Pierre de Savoie 1451 1458 Administrator 83 Jean Louis de Savoie 1460 1482 Auxiliary Bishop Mamerto Fichet 1469 1473 Titular Bishop of Hebron 1470 84 Cardinal Domenico della Rovere 19 24 July 1482 85 Jean de Compey 1482 1484 86 Francois de Savoie 1484 1490 87 Antoine Champion 1490 1495 88 Philippe de Savoie 1495 1509 Bishop elect 89 1500 to 1800 edit Charles de Seyssel 1509 1513 90 Jean de Savoie 1513 1522 91 Pierre de La Baume 1522 1543 92 Louis de Rye 1543 1550 93 Philibert de Rye 1550 1556 94 Francois de Bachod 1556 1568 95 Ange Justiniani 1568 1578 96 Claude de Granier 1578 1602 97 Francois de Sales 1602 1622 98 Jean Francois de Sales 1622 1635 99 Juste Guerin 1639 1645 100 Charles Auguste de Sales 1645 1660 101 Jean d Arenthon d Alex 1661 1695 102 Michel Gabriel de Rossillon de Bernex 1697 1734 103 Joseph Nicolas Deschamps di Chaumont 1741 1763 104 Jean Pierre Biord 1764 1785 105 Sede vacante 1785 1787 106 Joseph Marie Paget 1787 1801 107 Apostolic Administrator Francois Therese Panisseta 1792 1793 108 Bishops of Chambery dd Rene des Monstiers de Merinville 1802 1805 109 Irenee Yves de Solle 1805 1821 110 See also editBishop of Lausanne Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne Geneva and Fribourg List of Catholic dioceses in SwitzerlandReferences edit Julius Caesar De Bello Gallico Book 1 chapter 6 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 1 2 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 3 13 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 14 42 Joseph Antoine Besson Memoires pour l histoire ecclesiastique des dioceses de Geneve Tantaise Aoste et Maurienne Nancy 1739 Moutiers 1871 p 2 Geneva was Christianised by Dionysius Areopagita and Paracodus two of the seventy two disciples in the time of Domitian Dionysius went thence to Paris and Paracodus became the first Bishop of Geneva The legend however is fictitious as is that which makes St Lazarus the first Bishop of Geneva Gregor Reinhold 1910 Lausanne and Geneva in Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 9 New York Robert Appleton Company 1910 pp 40 43 at p 41 Leti Gregorio 1686 Historia Genevrena Amsterdam Joseph Antoine Besson Memoires pour l histoire ecclesiastique des dioceses de Geneve Tantaise Aoste et Maurienne Nancy 1739 Moutiers 1871 pp 2 3 Francois Fleury Vol 1 p 7 Duchesne pp 220 222 a b c d e f Gregor Reinhold 1910 Lausanne and Geneva in Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 9 New York Robert Appleton Company 1910 pp 40 43 Duchesne p 227 no 1 C Halm ed Salviani Presbyteri Masssiliensis libri quae supersunt in Monumenta Germaniae historica Auctorum antiquissimorum Tomi 1 pars prior in Latin and German Berlin Weidmann 1877 pp 116 119 Duchesne p 227 Charles Munier Concilia Galliae A 314 A 506 in Latin Volume 1 Turnhout Brepols 1963 pp 87 89 102 133 He subscribes Ex provincia Vienninsi civit Genauensis Salunius eepiscopus J P Migne ed Patrologiae cursus completus Series Latina in Latin Volume 53 Paris Garnier editores et J P Migne successores excudebat Sirou 1865 pp 967 1012 Duchesne p 227 no 3 Berthe Widmer Der Ursus und Victorkult in Solothurn in Benno Schubiger ed Solothurn Beitrage zur Entwicklung der Stadt im Mittelalter Kolloquium vom 13 14 November 1987 in Solothurn in German Zurich Verlag der Fachvereine 1991 pp 41 42 Wawra C 1903 Ein Brief des Bischofe Cyprian von Toulon an den Bischof Maximus von Genf Tubinger Theologische Quartalschrift 85 576 594 Cariatto Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 24 no 72 De Clercq p 236 249 William Henley Jervis The Gallican Church A History of the Church of France from the Concordat of Bologna A D 1516 to the Revolution Volume 1 London J Murray 1872 pp 7 9 A Edward Siecienski The Papacy and the Orthodox Sources and History of a Debate New York Oxford University Press 2017 p 172 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 30 32 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 50 53 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 93 no 333 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 306 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 327 no 1221 Charles Buet Les ducs de Savoie aux XVe et XVIe siecles in French Tours A Mame 1878 p 35 Sonia Vernhes Rappaz Geneva Imperial city and Episcopal principality 11th 16th century University of Geneva Accessed 29 December 2017 self published source Buet p 39 Edouard Mallet Memoire historique sur l election des eveques de Geneve Second partie in French in Memoires et documents de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie Volume 5 Geneve La Societe F Ramboz 1847 pp 127 354 at p 146 E William Monter Calvin s Geneva Eugene OR USA Wipf and Stock Publishers 2012 pp 38 39 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI p 451 Eubel III p 26 no 29 Eubel III p 134 Jean Henri Merle d Aubigne History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin Volume 2 R Carter amp brothers 1864 pp 340 342 346 Ritzler amp Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VI p 223 note 1 Paul Pisani Repertoire biographique de l episcopat constitutionnel 1791 1802 in French Paris A Picard 1907 pp 19 24 306 Lavanchy Volume II pp 266 272 Lavanchy Volume II pp 263 272 Pius VII bull Qui Christi Domini in Bullarii Romani Continuatio Volume XI Rome Camera Apostolica 1846 pp 245 249 6 General Treaty of the Congress of Vienna Art LXXX Hugh Heugh Notices of the State of Religion in Geneva and Belgium Glasgow James Maclehose 1844 pp 18 19 Pius VII Inter multiplices 20 September 1819 in Bullarii romani continuatio in Latin Vol XV pp 246 248 Pius VII the bull Temporum vices 30 January 1821 in Bullarii romani continuatio in Latin Vol XV pp 370 371 Jean Gremaud Notice biographique sur sa grandeur Mgr Etienne Marilley eveque de Lausanne et de Geneve archeveque de Myre in French Fribourg Impr Fragniere 1889 According to Bishop Eucherius of Lyon he was a source of the Passio sanctorum Mauricii ac Sociorum Thierry Ruinart Acta primorum Martyrum sincera in Latin 1689 p 289 Porro ab idoneis auctoribus rei ipsius veritatem quaesivi ab his utique qui affirmabant ab episcopo Genavensi sancto Isaac hunc quem retulit passionis ordinem cognovisse qui credo rursum haec retro a beatissimo episcopo Theodoro viro temporis anterioris acceperat Isaac is not mentioned in the episcopal list of S Pierre Duchesne p 227 no 1 Theoplastus was the recipient of a letter from Sidonius Apollinaris bishop of Civitas Arvernorum c 469 480s Duchesne p 227 no 3 Duchesne p 228 no 4 Council at Epaone Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 p 18 no 52 Duchesne p 228 no 5 C De Clercq Concilia Galliae A 511 A 695 Turnhout Brepols 1963 pp 20 36 Maxemus in Christi nomine episcopus ciuitatis Genuensis relegi et subscripsi Bishop Pappulus did not attend the Council of Orleans in 549 but sent a representative Tranquillus presbyter directus a domno meo Pappulo episcopo ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi De Clercq p 160 Duchesne p 228 no 6 Bishop Salonius attended the Council of Lyon in 570 and the Council of Paris in 573 De Clercq p 202 Salonius in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi p 214 Duchesne p 228 no 7 Cariatto attended the Council of Valence in 584 and the Council of Macon in 585 De Clercq p 236 249 Cariatto in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi Duchesne pp 228 229 no 8 Abellenus Duchesne p 229 no 9 Bishop Pappulus II attended the Council of Chalon sur Saone De Clercq p 308 Pappolus episcopus ecclesie Genuense subscripsi Duchesne p 229 no 10 Altadus Attadus Abtadus Apradus Haureau Gallia christiana XVI pp 384 385 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima in Latin Vol 14 Venice A Zatta 1769 p 642 Council of Worms Duchesne p 229 no 11 Bishop Ansegisus participated in the Council of Ravenna in 877 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima in Latin Vol 17 Venice A Zatta 1772 p 342 Duchesne p 229 no 12 Optandus was consecrated a bishop by Pope John VIII at the command of Emperor Charles the Fat He was imprisoned however by Archbishop Otramnus of Vienne and was replaced Pope John wrote an angry letter to the archbishop Jacobus Sirmondus Jacques Sirmond Concilia antiqua Galliae in Latin Volume 3 sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy 1629 pp 517 518 Duchesne p 230 no 13 Bertrandus was summoned to attend a provincial synod to be held on 1 October to deal with his canonical irregularities he did not attend Haureau Gallia christiana vol XVI Instrumenta p 143 Duchesne p 230 no 13 Bishop Geroldus Besson p 10 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 39 no 132 In 993 or 994 Bishop Hugo participated in the election of abbot Odilo of Cluny In 998 Bishop Hugo participated in the council of Rome held by Pope Gregory V in the presence of the Emperor Otto III On 11 October 1019 Bishop Hugo participated in the consecration of the church of Basel Besson p 11 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 39 45 assign Hughes the dates 988 1019 environ Adalgodus name appears on a coin Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 46 no 164 Konradus name appears on a coin Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois p 46 no 163 Fredericus is assigned 37 years in the episcopal list in the bible of S Pierre and notes that he died on 25 August Duchesne p 226 A name Burchardus without any documentary evidence He is called Borsadus by Francois Fleury Vol 1 p 54 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI p 392 On 1 February 1083 Guy presented the abbey of Cluny with a church in his diocese In January 1107 he attended a council in Lyon Bishop Guy de Faucigny held a synod attended by Archbishop Boson of Tarantaise and Bishop Amico of Bellay which adjucated property rights between a monastery and a parish the date is unknown He died on 1 November 1119 or 1120 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 71 72 no 258 Francois Fleury Vol 1 pp 58 61 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI p 392 395 Bishop Humbert published a document in 1134 He died on 31 October 1135 Mallet 1843 p 141 note 1 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI https books google com books id tBw2AQAAMAAJ amp pg PA395 pp 395 396 Francois Fleury Vol 1 pp 61 64 Mallet 1843 pp 141 142 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 82 83 Nantelmus Francois Fleury Vol 1 p 75 78 Bernard had been Chancellor of the diocese of Paris Eubel I p 260 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 Regeste genevois pp 149 150 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI pp 407 412 Eubel I p 260 On the resignation of Bishop Aimon Henri de Bottis was appointed directly by Pope Alexander IV on 6 May 1260 He had been Prior of the priory of S Alban in Basel He died on 20 September 1267 He did not as is sometimes said apply for and obtain permission of Pope Clement IV to resign and return to a monastery dying in 1275 as Besson p 30 related Bishop Henri s successor Bishop Aymon de Menthonay was already in office on 12 February 1268 Fleury Vol 1 pp 84 87 Auguste Coulon Les registres d Alexandre IV in Latin Vol 3 Paris E de Boccard 1953 p 112 no 3106 Bishop Robert died on 14 January 1287 Eubel I p 260 Bishop Guillaume died on 2 March 1295 Eubel I p 260 Lullin amp Le Fort 1866 pp 306 308 Bishop Martin died on 1 December 1303 Aimone Provost of Lausanne was elected by the Chapter of Geneva at the end of February 1304 and consecrated a bishop on 5 October 1342 Mallet 1843 pp 149 151 184 185 Pierre de Faucigny had been Provost of the cathedral Chapter of Geneva which elected him bishop on 4 December 1311 He died on 28 March 1342 Fleury Vol 1 pp 121 121 Eubel I p 260 Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366 Fleury Vol 1 pp 121 128 Eubel I p 260 Bishop Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366 The canons immediately elected their Provost Nicod de Begnins but Pope Urban V voided his election Instead on 10 April 1366 the pope transferred Bishop Guillaume Fournier de Marcossay from the diocese of Gap Fleury Vol 1 pp 128 132 Eubel I p 260 Jean de Murol was the son of Jean seigneur de Murol Auvergne and was a canon of the cathedral of Rouen or Paris He was named bishop of Geneva by Pope Gregory XI on 27 January 1378 On 12 July 1385 he was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VII and appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Saint Paul Trois Chateaux in France the administratorship was revoked on 23 December 1388 when a new bishop was appointed He died on 10 February 1399 Fleury Vol 1 pp 133 137 Eubel I pp 28 no 24 260 497 From 13 November 1363 to 10 November 1378 he was bishop of Bethleem a Clamecy On 10 November 1378 he was named Bishop of Saint Paul Trois Chateaux by Pope Clement VII Fabri was named bishop of Geneva on 12 July 1385 by Clement VII He died on 8 October 1388 Fleury Vol 1 pp 137 142 Eubel I pp 135 260 497 Guillaume had been archdeacon of Carpentras He was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Clement VII Robert of Geneva on 12 October 1388 Fleury Vol 1 pp 142 146 Eubel I p 260 Jean de Bertrand was named bishop of Geneva by Antipope Benedict XIII Pope Benedict XIII Pedro de Luna on 14 December 1408 At the request of the canons of Geneva he was transferred to the Diocese of Tarentaise on 23 September 1418 by Pope Martin V Fleury Vol 1 pp 146 149 Eubel I p 261 with note 5 Rochetaillee served as bishop of Geneva from 23 September 1418 to 12 June 1422 From 13 July 1412 to 26 June 1423 he was the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople From 12 June 1422 to 26 June 1423 Rochetaillee was bishop of the Diocese of Paris From 26 June 1423 to 24 May 1426 he was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen From 24 May 1426 until 1431 he served as the Apostolic Administrator of Rouen and was the Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina from 27 May 1426 until his death on 24 March 1437 His other roles in this period included Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St Mary Major from January 1428 Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Besancon from 14 October 1429 to 24 March 1437 and Vice Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery from 1434 to 24 March 1437 Jean had previously been Chancellor of the University of Paris he was appointed Bishop of Paris on 16 June 1421 but was not consecrated or installed due to the occupation of the city by the English King Henry V He was appointed bishop of Geneva on 12 June 1422 by Pope Martin V He died on 4 March 1423 Honore Fisquet La France pontificale Paris in French tome premier Paris Etienne Repos 1864 pp 305 309 Eubel I p 261 Jean Allarmet de Brogny Cardinal Bishop of Ostia Velletri was appointed administrator of Geneva on 3 December 1423 by Pope Martin V He had previously been Bishop of Viviers France 1382 1385 and then Archbishop of Arles 1410 1412 He died on 16 February 1426 Francois de Meez was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Martin V on 4 March 1426 He was named a cardinal by Felix V on 2 October 1440 He died on 7 March 1444 Eubel II p 158 note 1 Amadeus was also administrator of the diocese of Geneva with permission of the Council of Basel while Antipope Felix V 5 November 1439 7 April 1449 After resigning the papacy he was appointed a cardinal and named Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1449 by Pope Nicholas V He died on 7 January 1451 Eubel II p 158 Pierre died on 21 August 1458 Eubel II p 158 Mamerto Fichet was the brother of Guillaume Fichet a scholar and Rector of the Sorbonne who organized the first printing press in Paris Bishop Mamerto Fichet granted his brother a canonry in Geneva on 16 October 1472 Anatole Claudin The First Paris Press An Account of the Books Printed for G Fichet and J Heynlin in the Sorbonne 1470 1472 Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press 1897 p 45 note 86 Binz 1973 pp 61 136 201 254 259 Cardinal Priest of S Clemente 1479 08 13 death 1501 04 22 Bishop of Montefiascone 1479 08 24 1491 04 22 and Bishop of Corneto Italy 1479 08 24 1491 04 22 he was transferred to the diocese of Torino on 24 July 1482 after only five days as bishop of Geneva he replaced Jean de Compois who was transferred to Geneva Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarentaise France 11 February 1478 24 July 1482 Jean de Compois had previously been Bishop of Turin 1469 1482 He was named bishop of Geneva on 24 July 1482 He was transferred to the archdiocese of Tarentaise on 14 June 1484 by Pope Sixtus IV He died on 28 June 1492 Eubel I pp 245 247 261 Francois de Savoie died on 3 October 1490 in Turin The cathedral Chapter met in Geneva on 6 October 1490 to exert their right to elect his successor they chose Charles de Seyssel Important Savoyards including Philippe de Bresse and Blanche de Montferrat had already arranged with Pope Innocent VIII to have the bishop of Mondovi Antoine Champion transferred to Geneva De Seyssel s nomination was therefore rejected Fleury Vol 1 pp 304 314 1490 11 05 1495 previously Bishop of Mondovi Italy 1484 11 26 1490 11 05 Fleury Vol 1 pp 313 319 Philippe de Savoie was the son of Philippe de Bresse the son of Duke Louis and therefore great grandson of Amadeus of Savoy Pope Felix V He was six years old when named bishop at the request of the magistrates of Geneva Pope Alexander VI Borgia appointed Cardinal Domenico della Rovere as Apostolic Administrator on 19 February 1496 he resigned on 22 May 1497 In his place the bishop of Lausanne Aimo de Montfaucon was granted the administratorship Philippe de Savoie resigned the diocese in 1509 at the age of 20 His successor was appointed by Pope Julius II on 5 November 1509 Fleury Vol 1 pp 319 328 Eubel II p 158 III p 201 Bishop de Seyssel died on 12 April 1513 The cathedral Chapter elected Canon Aimo de Gingins as his successor but he was rejected by Pope Leo X Haureau Gallia christiana XVI p 449 Eubel III p 201 Jean was the illegitimate son of Francois de Savoie who had been administrator of the diocese of Geneva 1484 1490 He had been a priest of the diocese of Angers to which Francois de Savoie had been transferred in 1490 for which he had required a dispensation super defectus natalium When Pope Leo voided the election made by the Chapter he granted the right to appoint the next bishop to the Duke of Savoy who named his relative Jean who was approved by Pope Leo X Jean died on 8 June 1522 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI pp 449 450 Fleury Vol 1 pp 338 354 Eubel III p 201 Baume was named bishop of Geneva on 10 October 1522 He was Coadjutor Archbishop of Besancon France from 13 July 1530 but allowed to retain the diocese of Geneva He was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539 and Cardinal Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 21 November 1541 He succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besancon on 29 December 1541 He resigned in favor of his nephew Claude de Baume on 27 June 1543 He died on 4 May 1544 Haureau Gallia christiana XVI pp 450 452 Eubel III pp 26 no 29 134 201 Louis de Rye Fleury Vol 2 pp 91 93 Philibert de Rye Fleury Vol 2 p 93 Francois de Bachod Fleury Vol 2 pp 93 100 Giustiniani Fleury II pp 120 126 Granier died at the Chateau de Pollinge while he was on his way to Annecy on 17 September 1602 Fleury II pp 126 140 Francois de Sales 1602 09 17 death 1622 12 28 also Founder of the nuns Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary Visitandines 1610 06 06 succeeded as previous Bishop elect Titular Bishop of Nicopolis 1602 07 15 1602 09 17 and Coadjutor Bishop of Geneve 1602 07 15 1602 09 17 Jean Francois de Sales 1622 12 28 death 1635 06 08 succeeded as previous Titular Bishop of Chalcedon 1620 10 12 1622 12 28 and Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva 1620 10 12 1622 12 28 1639 03 28 death 1645 11 03 Charles Auguste de Sales had been appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva Switzerland on 19 December 1644 and on the same day named Titular Bishop of Hebron He succeeded to the diocese on the death of Bishop Guerin on 3 November 1645 He died on 8 February 1660 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 193 with note 5 d Arenthon d Alex was named on 4 July 1661 He died on 3 July 1695 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 193 with note 6 Rossillon was named bishop on 26 August 1697 He died on 23 April 1734 Ritzler amp Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V p 208 with note 2 Deschamps was born in Chambery in 1701 and held a doctorate in theology U Valence 1741 He had been abbot of Chesiriacum Cheserey Sisserey 1728 1741 He was nominated by the King of Sardinia on 21 February 1741 and approved in consistory by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 April 1741 He died on 2 November 1763 Haureau Gallia Christiana XVI p 497 Ritzler amp Sefrin VI p 223 with note 2 1764 07 09 death 1785 03 07 Lavanchy I pp 1 3 Paget was named bishop by Pope Pius VI on 23 April 1787 He submitted his resignation at the request of Pope Pius VII on 21 November 1801 He died in retirement on 25 April 1810 at the age of 84 Lavanchy I pp 268 272 Ritzler amp Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VI p 224 Panisetta became Constitutional Bishop of Mont Blanc on 7 April 1793 On 22 February 1796 he submitted his retraction of apostasy to the papal nuncio in Lucerne Declaration et retractation de Francois Therese Panisset Eveque constitutionnel du Mont Blanc in French Lausanne Chez Vincent 1796 Paul Pisani Repertoire biographique de l episcopat constitutionnel 1791 1802 in French Paris A Picard 1907 pp 306 310 Monstiers was appointed on 4 April 1802 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara through special powers delegated him as papal legate Lavagny p 273 He retired on 7 February 1805 and died in 1829 Previously he had been Bishop of Dijon France 1787 1801 L Morand Documents Anciennes corporations des arts et metiers de Chambery et de quelques autres localites de la Savoie Personnel ecclesiastique du diocese de Chambery de 1802 a 1893 in French Volume 7 Chambery Academie des sciences belles lettres et arts de Savoie 1893 pp 194 206 L Morand Documents Anciennes corporations des arts et metiers de Chambery et de quelques autres localites de la Savoie Personnel ecclesiastique du diocese de Chambery de 1802 a 1893 in French Volume 7 Chambery Academie des sciences belles lettres et arts de Savoie 1893 pp 207 213 Sources editEpiscopal lists edit Eubel Conradus ed 1913 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol 1 Tomus I second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana in Latin Eubel Conradus ed 1914 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol 2 Tomus II second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana archived Eubel Conradus Gulik Guilelmus eds 1923 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol 3 Tomus III second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana Gauchat Patritius Patrice 1935 Hierarchia catholica Vol 4 Tomus IV 1592 1667 Munster Libraria Regensbergiana Retrieved 2016 07 06 Ritzler Remigius Sefrin Pirminus 1952 Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi Vol 5 Tomus V 1667 1730 Patavii Messagero di S Antonio Retrieved 2016 07 06 Ritzler Remigius Sefrin Pirminus 1958 Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi Vol 6 Tomus VI 1730 1799 Patavii Messagero di S Antonio Retrieved 2016 07 06 Studies edit Baud Henri ed Le diocese de Geneve Annecy Histoire des dioceses de France vol 19 in French Paris Beauchesne 1985 Binz Louis 1973 Vie Religieuse et Reforme Ecclesiastique Dans le Diocese de Geneve pendant le Grand Schisme et la crise conciliaire 1378 1450 in French Volume 1 Genevre Jullien 1973 Besson Joseph Antoine 1871 Memoires pour l histoire ecclesiastique des dioceses de Geneve Tarantaise Aoste et Maurienne etc in French Moutiers Marc Cane 1871 Duchesne Louis 1907 Fastes episcopaux de l ancienne Gaule in French vol I second edition Paris 1907 pp 225 230 Fleury Francois 1880 Histoire de l Eglise de Geneve depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu en 1802 Avec pieces justificatives in French Volume 1 Geneve Grosset et Trembley 1880 Vol 2 Vol 3 Haureau Jean Barthelemy 1865 Gallia christiana in Latin vol XVI Paris Firmin Didot 1865 coll 373 508 Lavanchy Jh M 1894 Le diocese de Geneve partie de Savoie pendant la Revolution francaise in French Volume 1 Annecy C Burnod 1894 Volume II Lullin Paul Le Fort Charles edd 1866 Regeste genevois ou Repertoire chronologique et analytique des documents imprimes relatifs a l histoire de la ville et du diocese de Geneve avant l annee 1312 in French and Latin Geneve Societe d histoire et d archeologie de Geneve 1866 Mallet Edouard 1843 Memoire historique sur l election des eveques de Geneve Premier partie in French in Memoires et documents de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie Volume 2 Geneve J Jullien 1843 pp 104 234 Mallet Edouard 1847 Memoire historique sur l election des eveques de Geneve Second partie in French in Memoires et documents de la Societe d histoire et d archeologie Volume 5 Geneve La Societe F Ramboz 1847 pp 127 354 Mallet Edouard 1862 Chartes inedits relatives a l histoire de la ville et du diocese du Geneve et anterieures a l annee 1312 in French and Latin Geneve Jullien Societe d histoire et d archeologie de Geneve 1862 Pius VII Inter multiplices 20 September 1819 and Temporum vices 30 January 1821 in Bullarii romani continuatio in Latin Vol XV pp 246 248 pp 370 371 lemma Diocesi di Ginevra in Dizionario storico della Svizzera in Italian 12 vols Locarno A Dado 2002 2014 External links edit Chow Gabriel GCatholic self published source Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese 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