Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, Switzerland
The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg is a Latin Church diocese in Switzerland formed in 1821 by the merger of the sees of Lausanne and Geneva, renamed to add Fribourg in 1924. It is an exempt diocese immediately subject to the Holy See, with its seat at Fribourg Cathedral. The bishop since 2011 is Charles Morerod, O.P.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1821
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas
- Annuario code
- 001001970
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 717,000
- Population
- 1,770,069
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 40.5%
- Priests
- 244
- Catholics per priest
- 2,939
- Extent
- 5,557 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 129
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Charles Morerod
- Born
- 28 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Riaz
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Fribourg Cathedral stands in Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Switzerland, where every see answers directly to the Holy See rather than belonging to an ecclesiastical province, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) holds exempt status. Its component sees once had metropolitan ties elsewhere: until 1801 the original diocese of Lausanne stood under the archdiocese of Besançon, while Geneva had been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Vienne.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.