Bishop François Charrière †

Deceased

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1893		Born
15 Jul 1917	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne et Genève, Switzerland
20 Oct 1945	52.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
21 Nov 1945	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
29 Dec 1970	77.3	Retired	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
11 Jul 1976	82.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

MicroData Summary
François Charrière
Bishop François Charrière
(born 1 Sep 1893, died 11 Jul 1976)
Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Cerniat

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 30.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Viktor Bieler †
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}
Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Charles Cardinal Journet † (1965)
Bishop Gabriel Bullet † (1971)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † (1959)
Bishop Anton Hänggi † (1968)
Bishop Pierre Mamie † (1968)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/167290
VIAF: 18013334
WikiData: Q122203

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 63

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