Bishop Pierre Farine

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

Titular Bishop of Tragurium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 May 1940		Born
27 Jun 1965	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
12 Aug 1996	56.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
12 Aug 1996	56.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
20 Oct 1996	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tragurium
30 Jun 2015	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Pierre Farine
Bishop Pierre Farine
(born 31 May 1940)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Ad Limina - December 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Locarno

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pierre Mamie †
Bishop Emeritus of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Bishop Henri Salina, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. † (1987)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
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:
Bishop Bernard Genoud † (1999)
Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1894164661910603390002
WikiData: Q122243

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,859
r: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2015

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