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Encyclopedia > Bishop of Lausanne

The Bishop of Lausanne (French: Évêque de Lausanne) was a Prince-Bishop of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ordinary of the diocese of Lausanne, Switzerland (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis). Prince-Bishop was the title given bishops who held secular powers, beside their inherent clerical power. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Pope Pius XI, depicted in this window at Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu, was ordinary of the universal Roman Catholic Church and local ordinary of Rome. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Lausanne (, ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ...


Berne secularized the bishopric in 1536. Location within Switzerland The city of Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , from the Celtic Berna Gap, referring to the geology of where the city is situated), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...


List of bishops

1230-1239 Boniface of Brussels
1472-1476 Giuliano della Rovere
1476-1491 Benoît de Montferrand
1491-1517 Aymon II de Montfaucon
1517-1536 Sébastien de Montfaucon

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