Bishop Alain de Raemy

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

Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania

Apostolic Administrator of Lugano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1959		Born
25 Oct 1986	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
30 Nov 2013	54.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
30 Nov 2013	54.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania
11 Jan 2014	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania
10 Oct 2022	63.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lugano, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
Alain de Raemy
Bishop Alain de Raemy
(born 19 Apr 1959)
Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

Ad Limina - December 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Barcelona, Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain
Ordained Bishop Saint Nicholas, Cathedral, Fribourg, Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)

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

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P.
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Amédée (Antoine-Marie) Grab, O.S.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Chur
Bishop Norbert Brunner
Bishop of Sion {Sitten}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011)
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P. † (2003)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P. (1991)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. † (1986)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307499124
WikiData: Q15260544

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2013
ob: CB, 30 Nov 2013
c2: CB, 7 Jan 2014
c34: CB, 10 Jan 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,070
aadm: CB, 10 Oct 2022

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