Bishop Bernard Genoud †

Deceased

Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1942		Born
22 Jun 1968	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
18 Mar 1999	57.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
24 May 1999	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
21 Sep 2010	68.5	Died	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Bernard Genoud
Bishop Bernard Genoud
(born 22 Feb 1942, died 21 Sep 2010)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Event Place
Birth Place Châtel-Saint-Denis

a priest for 42.2 years
a bishop for 11.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Chur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Bürcher
Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Byzacena
Bishop Pierre Farine
Titular Bishop of Tragurium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (1987)
Bishop of Chur
Bishop Pierre Mamie † (1968)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico (Campitelli)
Bishop François Charrière † (1945)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P. † (2003)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 42718688
WikiData: Q116403

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,561
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)

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