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The Diocese of Geneva was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese in part of Switzerland and Savoy from 400 to 1801, when it merged with the Diocese of Chambéry. The merged diocese was later broken up, due to changes in national boundaries. The diocese of Chambéry lost Swiss territory to the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg.

Sébastien Münster: View of Geneva, 1550. Cathedral of S. Pierre, left of center

History

Geneva was first recorded as a border town of the Allobroges, fortified against the Helvetii (Celto-Germanic people). In 120 BC, Geneva was conquered by the Romans. In 443 AD, Geneva became part of the Kingdom of Burgundy. In 534 AD, it fell to the Franks. In 888 AD, Geneva was returned to the Kingdom of Burgundy. In 1033, it was taken into the Kingdom of Germany.

The position of the first Bishop of Geneva is ascribed to multiple individuals. A legend holds that Nazarius (Saint Lazarus), the follower of Simon Peter and Pope Linus, was the first Bishop of Geneva. Gregorio Leti (1630 – 1701) and Besson, wrote of the legend that Geneva was christianised by Dionysius the Areopagite and Paracodus, two of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus Christ, in the time of Domitian (81 – 91 AD), and that Paracodus became the first Bishop of Geneva. However, this is explained as based on an error, arising from the similarity of the Latin names Genava (Geneva in Switzerland) and Genua (Genoa in Italy). Likewise, in the first century there were no dioceses or bishops.

It is also claimed that Diogenes was the first bishop, sent out as a missionary by Pope Sixtus I (c. 116–125.

The Catalogue de St. Pierre, a list of the bishops of Geneva found on a page, now missing, in a bible belonging to the cathedral of Saint Pierre in Geneva, once the property of Bishop Frederick, which records that Diogenes was the first Bishop of Geneva, is untrustworthy.

Eucherius of Lyon, in his prologue to the "Passion of the Saints of Agaune," indicates that Isaac of Monteluco (c. 400 AD) was Bishop of Geneva.

Authentic early bishops

A letter of Salvian in 440 AD indicates that Salonius was Bishop of Geneva. Salonius was the son of Eucherius of Lyon. Eucherius dedicated his "Instructions" to Salonius. Salonius took part in the Council of Orange (441 AD) and in the Councils of Vaison (442 AD) and Arles (c. 455 AD). Salonius (called Bishop Salonius of Vienne) may have authored two small commentaries, In Parabolas Salomonis and On Ecclesiastics.

Little is known about the bishops who followed Salonius. Theoplastus (c. 475 AD) was the recipient of a letter from St. Sidonius Apollinaris. When Dormitianus (before 500 AD) was bishop, Princess Sedeleuba van Bourgondië, a sister of Queen Clotilde, had the remains of the martyr, Victor of Solothurn moved to Geneva. Sedeleuba built a basilica in the martyr's honour. Maximus of Geneva (c. 512 – 541 AD), corresponded with Avitus, Archbishop of Vienne and Cyprian of Toulon. In 541 AD, Bishop Pappulus sent Thoribiusas, a priest, to represent him at the Fourth Council of Orléans. Bishop Salonius II is only known from his signatures at the Synod of Lyons (570 AD) and the Synod of Paris (573 AD). In 584 AD, Cariatto was made Bishop of Geneva by King Guntram. In 585 AD, Bishop Cariatto attended Council of Valence in 584, and the Council of Macon in 585.

The Bishopric (office of bishop) of Geneva was a suffragan (subordinate) of the Archbishopric of Vienne. Bishop Hilary of Arles, in the second quarter of the 5th century, attempted to claim it as a suffragan of Arles, but Pope Leo I ruled against him.

The Holy Roman Empire

In September 1032, with the death of King Rudolf III, the dynasty of the kings of Burgundy, which had ruled since 888, came to an end. Sovereignty passed to the Emperor Conrad II (1027–1039), who was crowned king of Burgundy on 2 February 1033. In 1034, he entered Burgundy with his army, and received the submission of its cities, including Geneva, where he was again elected king.

On 17 January 1154, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa received Bishop Ardicius at his court at Speyer, and appointed and invested him as a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. However, their independence was limited by the ecclesiastical overseers appointed by the archbishop (advocati), the Counts of Geneva and later, the Counts of Savoy.

House of Savoy

Bishop Guillaume de Constans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy were in continual conflict on many matters during the entire period of the bishop's administration, 1287 to 1295. On 30 December 1287, the bishop laid an interdict on all the lands of the count in his diocese. On 19 September 1290, Bishop Guillaume de Constans and Count Amadeus V of Savoy signed a treaty, by which the Counts of Savoy obtained the Bishop of Geneva's Vidame (bishop's lieutenant) as a fief, in return for rights and properties along the Rhone which belonged to the diocese and had been appropriated by the Count. François de Candie of Chambéry-Le-Vieux was one such Vidame.

In 1387, Bishop Adhémar Fabry granted Geneva its charter ensuring the city's rights and institutional continuity. Subsequent bishops were expected to affirm the charter.

In 1394, the Counts of Geneva's line ended with no further issue. The House of Savoy sought to take its place. On 19 February 1416, King Sigismund of Germany granted the counts of Savoy the title "Duke". The counts repeatedly maneuvered to elevate their family members to the Bishop of Geneva's diocesan staff. Their most notable success came when the former Duke Amadeus VIII, who had been elected Pope Felix V by the Council of Basel, became Administrator of the diocese of Geneva in March 1444, and held the office until his death in 1451.

The City of Geneva responded to the successes of the House of Savoy by making an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy, an Eidgenossenschaft. In 1526, Geneva aligned with Bern and Fribourg.

The Protestant Reformation

Jean Pécolat (in French) being tortured in 1517 under the order of Jean-François de Savoie (in French), Bishop of Geneva

In the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation caused great change in the religious and political life of Geneva. Prior to the reformation, the Diocese of Geneva extended well into Savoy, as far as Mont Cenis and the Great St Bernard Pass. It also included Nyon. However, under the rule of Charlemagne (742 – 814) Tarantaise was detached from Geneva to form a separate diocese. The bishops of Geneva ruled over 8 chapters, 423 parishes, 9 abbeys and 68 priories.

On 2 August 1527, Bishop Pierre de la Baume, harassed both by the people of Geneva and by the Duke of Savoy, fled the city for some property in Burgundy. On 2 July 1533, he returned to Geneva, but on 14 July he fled again. He and the cathedral Chapter of Geneva settled in Annecy in 1535, and, despite their own efforts and encouragement from Pope Clement VII, they were not able to persuade the Genevans to allow a return. Bishop de la Baune was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539, and promoted to the archbishopric of Besançon on 29 December 1541. The Emperor Charles V issued a golden bull suspending all authority in Geneva except that of the emperor and the bishop. The Church imposed the interdict.

During the Reformation, the City of Bern supported the Protestant Reformers, including William Farel (1489 – 1565) and Antoine Froment (1508 – 1581). The City of Fribourg supported the Catholic Church and in 1531, renounced its alliance with Geneva. In 1536, John Calvin (1509 – 1564) went to Geneva, but was expelled after disagreement over details of the Easter eucharist. He returned to Geneva in 1541 and lived there until his death. Geneva became a stronghold of Calvinism. In 1532, the Bishop of Geneva was removed from his seat. In 1535, he established his see in Annecy and in 1536 at Gex.

Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622) was Bishop of Geneva. He held the position from 1602 to 1621. Through his devotion, many in the diocese returned to Catholicism.

Geneva under French occupation

In 1792, Savoy was invaded and occupied by forces of the French National Assembly. Commissioners sent from Paris imposed a revolutionary government, and on 8 March 1793 issued an ecclesiastical decree which followed metropolitan French policy by reducing the number of dioceses from 5 to 1, to be centered in Annecy and called the diocese of Mont-Blanc. Four of the five bishops then in office went into exile; the fifth was too aged. Electors, who did not have to be Catholic or even Christian, were to meet and elect a bishop, who would be required to take the usual oaths to the French Constitution. Papal participation in any form was forbidden. These arrangements were uncanonical and schismatic.

Under the rule of the First Consul Napoleon, the Canton of Geneva was annexed to France. Writing from exile in Turin on 21 November 1801, the bishop of Geneva, Joseph-Marie Paget, at the request of Pope Pius VII, submitted his resignation as bishop. The pope, then, in fulfilment of earlier agreements with the French government, suppressed the Diocese of Geneva, and annexed its territory to the new Diocese of Chambéry. On 9 June 1815, in Article LXXX of the general treaty at the Congress of Vienna, the Canton of Geneva was extended to cover 15 Savoyard and 6 French parishes, ceded by the King of Sardinia. This included 16,000 people of the Catholic faith. Geneva was also admitted to the Swiss Confederation. The Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of Turin (1816) provided protection to the Catholic religion in Geneva.

Restoration

In 1819, Pope Pius VII united the City of Geneva and twenty parishes with the Diocese of Lausanne. In 1822, due to changes in international borders which had placed the territory of the diocese of Geneva in several nations, the area belonging to the Diocese of Geneva but beyond the borders of Switzerland became the Diocese of Annecy. The Cantonal Council abandoned previous agreements. In imitation of the French Organic Articles (laws regarding public worship) the Cantonal Council requested a placet (an acceptance by civil authorities of canon law).

Etienne Marilley (1804–1889) became the parish priest of Geneva in 1831 and was consecrated bishop of Lausanne and Geneva in 1846. The 1870s was the time of Kulturkampf. For instance, discord arose concerning public financial support for the Protestant and Old Catholic Churches, while the Catholic Church received none. On 30 June 1907, Geneva voted for the separation of church and state.

Bishops of Geneva (Genf, Genève)

To 1200

...
  • Isaac (end of 4th cent.)
...
  • Theoplastus (last third of 5th cent.)
  • Domitianus (2nd half of 5th cent.)
...
  • Maximus (attested 517)
  • Pappulus (attested 549)
  • Salonius (attested 570–573)
  • Cariatto (attested 584–585)
...
  • Abellenus (attested c. 620)
...
  • Pappulus (attested 650)
...
  • Altadus (attested 833–838)
...
  • Ansegisus (attested 877)
  • Optandus (attested 881)
  • Bernardus (attested c. 892)
...
  • Geroldus
  • Hugo (993–1020)
  • Bernardus (c.1020–1030)
  • Adalgodus (c.1020–1030)
  • Konradus (c.1020–1030)
  • Fridericus (c.1030–1073)
  • ? Boczadus (c. 1073–1083 ?)
  • Guy de Faucigny (c. 1083–1119)
  • Humbert de Grammont (1120–1135)
  • Arducius de Faucigny (1135–1185)
  • Nantelmus (1185–1205)

1200 to 1500

  • Bernard Chabert (1205–1213)
  • Pierre de Sessons (1213–1213)
  • Aymon de Grandson (1215–1260)
  • Henri de Bottis, O.S.B.Clun. (1260–1267)
  • Aymon de Menthonay (1268–1275)
  • Robert de Genève (1276–1287)
  • Guillaume de Conflans (1287–1295))
  • Martin de Saint-Germain (1295–1303)
  • Aimone de Quart (1304–1311)
  • Pierre de Faucigny (1311–1342)
  • Alamand de Saint-Jeoire (1342–1366))
  • Guillaume de Marcossey (1366–1377)
  • Jean de Murol (1378–1385)
  • Adhémar Fabri de La Roche, O.P. (1385–1388) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Guillaume di Lornay (1388–1408) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Jean de Bertrand (1408–1418) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Jean de la Rochetaillée (1418–1422) Administrator
  • Jean Courtecuisse (1422–1423)
  • Jean Allarmet de Brogny (1423–1426) Administrator
  • François de Meez, O.S.B. (1426–1444)
  • Amedeus of Savoie (1444–1451) Administrator
  • Pierre de Savoie (1451 – 1458) Administrator
  • Jean-Louis de Savoie (1460 – 1482)
  • Cardinal Domenico della Rovere (19–24 July 1482)
  • Jean de Compey (1482 – 1484)
  • François de Savoie (1484–1490)
  • Antoine Champion (1490–1495)
Philippe de Savoie (1495–1509) Bishop-elect

1500 to 1800

  • Charles de Seyssel (1509–1513)
  • Jean de Savoie (1513–1522)
  • Pierre de La Baume (1522–1543)
  • Louis de Rye (1543–1550)
  • Philibert de Rye (1550–1556)
  • François de Bachod (1556–1568)
  • Ange Justiniani (1568–1578)
  • Claude de Granier (1578–1602)
  • François de Sales (1602–1622)
  • Jean-François de Sales (1622–1635)
  • Juste Guérin (1639–1645)
  • Charles-Auguste de Sales (1645–1660)
  • Jean d’Arenthon d’Alex (1661–1695)
  • Michel-Gabriel de Rossillon de Bernex (1697–1734)
  • Joseph-Nicolas Deschamps di Chaumont (1741–1763)
  • Jean-Pierre Biord (1764−1785)
Sede vacante (1785–1787)
  • Joseph-Marie Paget (1787–1801)
Bishops of Chambéry
  • René des Monstiers de Mérinville (1802–1805)
  • Irénée-Yves de Solle (1805–1821)

See also

References

  1. Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico Book 1, chapter 6. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 1-2.
  2. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 3-13.
  3. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 14-42.
  4. Joseph-Antoine Besson. Memoires pour l'histoire ecclésiastique des diocèses de Genève, Tantaise, Aoste et Maurienne. Nancy (1739) Moutiers (1871). p. 2.
  5. "Geneva was Christianised by Dionysius Areopagita and Paracodus, two of the seventy-two disciples, in the time of Domitian; Dionysius went thence to Paris, and Paracodus became the first Bishop of Geneva. The legend, however, is fictitious, as is that which makes St. Lazarus the first Bishop of Geneva..." Gregor Reinhold (1910), "Lausanne and Geneva," in: Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company 1910), pp. 40-43, at p. 41.
  6. Leti, Gregorio (1686). Historia Genevrena. Amsterdam.
  7. Joseph-Antoine Besson. Memoires pour l'histoire ecclésiastique des diocèses de Genève, Tantaise, Aoste et Maurienne. Nancy (1739) Moutiers (1871). pp. 2–3.
  8. Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 7.
  9. Duchesne, pp. 220-222.
  10. ^ Gregor Reinhold (1910), "Lausanne and Geneva," in: Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company 1910), pp. 40-43.
  11. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 1.
  12. C. Halm (ed.), Salviani Presbyteri Masssiliensis libri quae supersunt, in: Monumenta Germaniae historica. Auctorum antiquissimorum. Tomi 1, pars prior (in Latin and German) (Berlin: Weidmann 1877), pp. 116-119.
  13. Duchesne, p. 227. Charles Munier, Concilia Galliae: A. 314 - A. 506, (in Latin), Volume 1 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1963), pp. 87, 89, 102, 133. He subscribes: "Ex provincia Vienninsi civit. Genauensis Salunius eepiscopus."
  14. J,-P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae cursus completus: Series Latina, (in Latin), Volume 53 (Paris: Garnier, editores et J.-P. Migne successores, excudebat Sirou, 1865), pp. 967-1012.
  15. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 3.
  16. Berthe Widmer, "Der Ursus- und Victorkult in Solothurn," in: Benno Schubiger (ed.), Solothurn: Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Stadt im Mittelalter: Kolloquium vom 13./14. November 1987 in Solothurn, (in German), (Zürich: Verlag der Fachvereine, 1991), pp. 41-42.
  17. Wawra, C. (1903). "Ein Brief des Bischofe Cyprian von Toulon an den Bischof Maximus von Genf". (Tubinger) Theologische Quartalschrift. 85: 576–594.
  18. Cariatto: Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 24, no. 72. De Clercq, p. 236, 249.
  19. William Henley Jervis, The Gallican Church: A History of the Church of France, from the Concordat of Bologna, A.D. 1516, to the Revolution, Volume 1 (London: J. Murray, 1872), pp. 7-9. A. Edward Siecienski, The Papacy and the Orthodox: Sources and History of a Debate, (New York: Oxford University Press 2017), p. 172.
  20. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 30-32.
  21. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 50-53.
  22. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 93, no. 333.
  23. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 306.
  24. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 327, no. 1221. Charles Buet, Les ducs de Savoie aux XVe et XVIe siècles, (in French), (Tours: A. Mame, 1878), p. 35.
  25. Sonia Vernhes Rappaz, "Geneva, Imperial city and Episcopal principality (11th-16th century)" University of Geneva. Accessed 29 December 2017.
  26. Buet, p. 39
  27. Édouard Mallet, "Mémoire historique sur l'élection des évêques de Genève. Second partie," (in French), in: Mémoires et documents de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie, Volume 5 (Genève: La Société/F. Ramboz, 1847), pp. 127-354, at p. 146.
  28. E. William Monter, Calvin's Geneva, (Eugene, OR USA: Wipf and Stock Publishers 2012), pp. 38-39.
  29. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 451.
  30. Eubel III, p. 26, no. 29.
  31. Eubel III, p. 134.
  32. Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin, Volume 2 (R. Carter & brothers, 1864), pp. 340, 342-346.
  33. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 223, note 1.
  34. Paul Pisani, Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802), (in French), (Paris: A. Picard 1907), pp. 19-24; 306.
  35. Lavanchy, Volume II, pp. 266-272.
  36. Lavanchy, Volume II, pp. 263-272. Pius VII, bull "Qui Christi Domini," in: Bullarii Romani Continuatio Volume XI (Rome: Camera Apostolica 1846), pp. 245-249, § 6.
  37. General Treaty of the Congress of Vienna, Art. LXXX.
  38. Hugh Heugh, Notices of the State of Religion in Geneva and Belgium, (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1844), pp. 18-19.
  39. Pius VII, "Inter multiplices" (20 September 1819), in: Bullarii romani continuatio. (in Latin). Vol. XV, pp. 246–248.
  40. Pius VII, the bull "Temporum vices" (30 January 1821), in: Bullarii romani continuatio. (in Latin). Vol. XV, pp. 370–371.
  41. Jean Gremaud, Notice biographique sur sa grandeur Mgr. Étienne Marilley, évêque de Lausanne et de Genève, archevêque de Myre, (in French), Fribourg: Impr. Fragnière, 1889.
  42. According to Bishop Eucherius of Lyon, he was a source of the "Passio sanctorum Mauricii ac Sociorum." Thierry Ruinart, Acta primorum Martyrum sincera, (in Latin) (1689), p. 289: "Porro ab idoneis auctoribus rei ipsius veritatem quaesivi, ab his utique qui affirmabant, ab episcopo Genavensi sancto Isaac hunc quem retulit passionis ordinem cognovisse; qui, credo, rursum haec retro a beatissimo episcopo Theodoro viro temporis anterioris acceperat." Isaac is not mentioned in the episcopal list of S. Pierre. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 1.
  43. Theoplastus was the recipient of a letter from Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop of Civitas Arvernorum c. 469–480s. Duchesne, p. 227, no. 3.
  44. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 4.
  45. Council at Epaone: Lullin & Le Fort (1866), p. 18, no. 52. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 5. C. De Clercq, Concilia Galliae, A. 511 – A. 695 (Turnhout: Brepols 1963), pp. 20, 36: "Maxemus in Christi nomine episcopus ciuitatis Genuensis relegi et subscripsi."
  46. Bishop Pappulus did not attend the Council of Orléans in 549, but sent a representative: "Tranquillus presbyter directus a domno meo Pappulo episcopo ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi." De Clercq, p. 160. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 6.
  47. Bishop Salonius attended the Council of Lyon in 570, and the Council of Paris in 573. De Clercq, p. 202: "Salonius in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi;" p. 214. Duchesne, p. 228, no. 7.
  48. Cariatto attended the Council of Valence in 584, and the Council of Macon in 585. De Clercq, p. 236, 249: "Cariatto in Christi nomine episcopus ecclesiae Genauensis subscripsi." Duchesne, pp. 228-229, no. 8.
  49. Abellenus: Duchesne, p. 229, no. 9.
  50. Bishop Pappulus (II) attended the Council of Chalon-sur-Saône. De Clercq, p. 308: "Pappolus episcopus ecclesie Genuense subscripsi." Duchesne, p. 229, no. 10.
  51. Altadus, Attadus, Abtadus, Apradus: Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 384-385. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin), Vol. 14 (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 642 (Council of Worms). Duchesne, p. 229, no. 11.
  52. Bishop Ansegisus participated in the Council of Ravenna in 877. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin), Vol. 17 (Venice: A. Zatta 1772), p. 342. Duchesne, p. 229, no. 12.
  53. Optandus was consecrated a bishop by Pope John VIII at the command of Emperor Charles the Fat. He was imprisoned, however, by Archbishop Otramnus of Vienne, and was replaced. Pope John wrote an angry letter to the archbishop Jacobus Sirmondus (Jacques Sirmond), Concilia antiqua Galliae,, (in Latin), Volume 3 (sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1629), pp. 517-518. Duchesne, p. 230, no. 13.
  54. Bertrandus was summoned to attend a provincial synod to be held on 1 October, to deal with his canonical irregularities; he did not attend. Hauréau, Gallia christiana, vol. XVI, Instrumenta, p. 143. Duchesne, p. 230, no. 13.
  55. Bishop Geroldus: Besson, p. 10. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 39, no. 132.
  56. In 993 or 994, Bishop Hugo participated in the election of abbot Odilo of Cluny. In 998, Bishop Hugo participated in the council of Rome, held by Pope Gregory V in the presence of the Emperor Otto III. On 11 October 1019, Bishop Hugo participated in the consecration of the church of Basel. Besson, p. 11. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 39-45, assign Hughes the dates "988–1019 environ."
  57. Adalgodus' name appears on a coin. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 46, no. 164.
  58. Konradus' name appears on a coin. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, p. 46, no. 163.
  59. Fredericus is assigned 37 years in the episcopal list in the bible of S. Pierre, and notes that he died on 25 August. Duchesne, p. 226.
  60. A name (Burchardus?) without any documentary evidence. He is called "Borsadus" by Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 54. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 392.
  61. On 1 February 1083, Guy presented the abbey of Cluny with a church in his diocese. In January 1107, he attended a council in Lyon. Bishop Guy de Faucigny held a synod, attended by Archbishop Boson of Tarantaise and Bishop Amico of Bellay, which adjucated property rights between a monastery and a parish; the date is unknown. He died on 1 November 1119 (or 1120). Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois, pp. 71-72, no. 258. Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 58-61. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 392-395.
  62. Bishop Humbert published a document in 1134. He died on 31 October 1135. Mallet (1843), p. 141, note 1. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, [https://books.google.com/books?id=tBw2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA395 pp. 395-396.] Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 61-64.
  63. Mallet (1843), pp. 141-142. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois pp. 82-83.
  64. Nantelmus: Francois Fleury, Vol. 1, p. 75-78.
  65. Bernard had been Chancellor of the diocese of Paris. Eubel I, p. 260.
  66. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), Régeste genevois pp. 149-150. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 407-412. Eubel I, p. 260.
  67. On the resignation of Bishop Aimon, Henri de Bottis was appointed directly by Pope Alexander IV on 6 May 1260. He had been Prior of the priory of S. Alban in Basel. He died on 20 September 1267. He did not, as is sometimes said, apply for and obtain permission of Pope Clement IV to resign and return to a monastery, dying in 1275, as Besson (p. 30) related. Bishop Henri's successor, Bishop Aymon de Menthonay was already in office on 12 February 1268. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 84-87. Auguste Coulon, Les registres d'Alexandre IV (in Latin), Vol. 3 (Paris: E. de Boccard 1953), p. 112, no. 3106.
  68. Bishop. Robert died on 14 January 1287. Eubel I, p. 260.
  69. Bishop Guillaume died on 2 March 1295. Eubel I, p. 260. Lullin & Le Fort (1866), pp. 306-308.
  70. Bishop Martin died on 1 December 1303. Aimone, Provost of Lausanne, was elected by the Chapter of Geneva at the end of February 1304, and consecrated a bishop on 5 October 1342. Mallet (1843), pp. 149-151; 184-185.
  71. Pierre de Faucigny had been Provost of the cathedral Chapter of Geneva, which elected him bishop on 4 December 1311. He died on 28 March 1342. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 121-121. Eubel I, p. 260.
  72. Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 121-128. Eubel I, p. 260.
  73. Bishop Alamand died on Holy Thursday 1366. The canons immediately elected their Provost, Nicod de Begnins, but Pope Urban V voided his election. Instead, on 10 April 1366, the pope transferred Bishop Guillaume Fournier de Marcossay from the diocese of Gap. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 128-132. Eubel I, p. 260.
  74. Jean de Murol was the son of Jean, seigneur de Murol (Auvergne), and was a canon of the cathedral of Rouen (or Paris). He was named bishop of Geneva by Pope Gregory XI on 27 January 1378. On 12 July 1385, he was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VII, and appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in France; the administratorship was revoked on 23 December 1388, when a new bishop was appointed. He died on 10 February 1399. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 133-137. Eubel I, pp. 28, no. 24; 260; 497.
  75. From 13 November 1363 to 10 November 1378, he was bishop of Bethléem à Clamecy. On 10 November 1378, he was named Bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux by Pope Clement VII. Fabri was named bishop of Geneva on 12 July 1385 by Clement VII. He died on 8 October 1388. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 137-142. Eubel I, pp. 135, 260, 497.
  76. Guillaume had been archdeacon of Carpentras. He was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) on 12 October 1388. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 142-146. Eubel I, p. 260.
  77. Jean de Bertrand was named bishop of Geneva by Pope Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna) on 14 December 1408. At the request of the canons of Geneva, he was transferred to the Diocese of Tarentaise on 23 September 1418 by Pope Martin V. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 146-149. Eubel I, p. 261 with note 5.
  78. Rochetaillée served as bishop of Geneva from 23 September 1418 to 12 June 1422. From 13 July 1412 to 26 June 1423, he was the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. From 12 June 1422 to 26 June 1423, Rochetaillee was bishop of the Diocese of Paris. From 26 June 1423 to 24 May 1426, he was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen. From 24 May 1426 until 1431 he served as the Apostolic Administrator of Rouen and was the Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina from 27 May 1426 until his death on 24 March 1437. His other roles in this period included Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major from January 1428, Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Besançon from 14 October 1429 to 24 March 1437 and Vice-Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery from 1434 to 24 March 1437.
  79. Jean had previously been Chancellor of the University of Paris; he was appointed Bishop of Paris on 16 June 1421, but was not consecrated or installed, due to the occupation of the city by the English King Henry V. He was appointed bishop of Geneva on 12 June 1422 by Pope Martin V. He died on 4 March 1423. Honoré Fisquet, La France pontificale: Paris, (in French), tome premier (Paris: Etienne Repos, 1864), pp. 305-309. Eubel I, p. 261
  80. Jean Allarmet de Brogny, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri was appointed administrator of Geneva on 3 December 1423, by Pope Martin V. He had previously been Bishop of Viviers (France) (1382–1385), and then Archbishop of Arles (1410–1412). He died on 16 February 1426.
  81. François de Meez was appointed bishop of Geneva by Pope Martin V on 4 March 1426. He was named a cardinal by Felix V on 2 October 1440. He died on 7 March 1444. Eubel II, p. 158, note 1.
  82. Amadeus was also administrator of the diocese of Geneva, with permission of the Council of Basel, while Antipope Felix V (5 November 1439–7 April 1449). After resigning the papacy, he was appointed a cardinal and named Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1449) by Pope Nicholas V. He died on 7 January 1451. Eubel II, p. 158.
  83. Pierre died on 21 August 1458. Eubel II, p. 158.
  84. Mamerto Fichet was the brother of Guillaume Fichet, a scholar and Rector of the Sorbonne, who organized the first printing press in Paris. Bishop Mamerto Fichet granted his brother a canonry in Geneva on 16 October 1472. Anatole Claudin, The First Paris Press: An Account of the Books Printed for G. Fichet and J. Heynlin in the Sorbonne, 1470-1472, (Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press, 1897), p. 45, note 86. Binz (1973), pp. 61, 136, 201, 254, 259.
  85. Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1479.08.13–death 1501.04.22), Bishop of Montefiascone (1479.08.24–1491.04.22) and Bishop of Corneto (Italy) (1479.08.24–1491.04.22); he was transferred to the diocese of Torino on 24 July 1482, after only five days as bishop of Geneva; he replaced Jean de Compois, who was transferred to Geneva. Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarentaise (France) (11 February 1478–24 July 1482).
  86. Jean de Compois had previously been Bishop of Turin (1469–1482). He was named bishop of Geneva on 24 July 1482. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Tarentaise on 14 June 1484 by Pope Sixtus IV.. He died on 28 June 1492. Eubel I, pp. 245, 247, 261.
  87. François de Savoie died on 3 October 1490 in Turin. The cathedral Chapter met in Geneva on 6 October 1490 to exert their right to elect his successor; they chose Charles de Seyssel. Important Savoyards, including Philippe de Bresse and Blanche de Montferrat, had already arranged with Pope Innocent VIII to have the bishop of Mondovi, Antoine Champion, transferred to Geneva. De Seyssel's nomination was therefore rejected. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 304-314.
  88. (1490.11.05–1495), previously Bishop of Mondovì (Italy) (1484.11.26–1490.11.05). Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 313-319.
  89. Philippe de Savoie was the son of Philippe de Bresse, the son of Duke Louis, and therefore great-grandson of Amadeus of Savoy (Pope Felix V). He was six years old when named bishop, at the request of the magistrates of Geneva. Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) appointed Cardinal Domenico della Rovere as Apostolic Administrator on 19 February 1496; he resigned on 22 May 1497. In his place, the bishop of Lausanne, Aimo de Montfaucon, was granted the administratorship. Philippe de Savoie resigned the diocese in 1509, at the age of 20. His successor was appointed by Pope Julius II on 5 November 1509. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 319-328. Eubel II, p. 158; III, p. 201.
  90. Bishop de Seyssel died on 12 April 1513. The cathedral Chapter elected Canon Aimo de Gingins as his successor, but he was rejected by Pope Leo X. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, p. 449. Eubel III, p. 201.
  91. Jean was the illegitimate son of François de Savoie, who had been administrator of the diocese of Geneva (1484–1490). He had been a priest of the diocese of Angers, to which François de Savoie had been transferred in 1490, for which he had required a dispensation super defectus natalium. When Pope Leo voided the election made by the Chapter, he granted the right to appoint the next bishop to the Duke of Savoy, who named his relative Jean, who was approved by Pope Leo X. Jean died on 8 June 1522. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 449-450. Fleury, Vol. 1, pp. 338-354. Eubel III, p. 201.
  92. Baume was named bishop of Geneva on 10 October 1522. He was Coadjutor Archbishop of Besançon (France) from 13 July 1530, but allowed to retain the diocese of Geneva. He was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 19 December 1539, and Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 21 November 1541. He succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Besançon on 29 December 1541. He resigned in favor of his nephew Claude de Baume on 27 June 1543. He died on 4 May 1544. Hauréau, Gallia christiana XVI, pp. 450-452. Eubel III, pp. 26, no. 29; 134; 201.
  93. Louis de Rye: Fleury, Vol. 2, pp.91-93.
  94. Philibert de Rye: Fleury, Vol. 2, p. 93.
  95. François de Bachod: Fleury, Vol. 2, pp.93-100.
  96. Giustiniani: Fleury II, pp. 120-126.
  97. Granier died at the Château de Pollinge, while he was on his way to Annecy, on 17 September 1602. Fleury II, pp. 126-140.
  98. François de Sales:(1602.09.17–death 1622.12.28), also Founder of the nuns Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) (1610.06.06); succeeded as previous Bishop-elect Titular Bishop of Nicopolis (1602.07.15–1602.09.17) and Coadjutor Bishop of Genève (1602.07.15–1602.09.17)
  99. Jean-François de Sales: (1622.12.28–death 1635.06.08), succeeded as previous Titular Bishop of Chalcedon (1620.10.12–1622.12.28) and Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva (1620.10.12–1622.12.28)
  100. (1639.03.28–death 1645.11.03)
  101. Charles-Auguste de Sales had been appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva (Switzerland) on 19 December 1644), and on the same day named Titular Bishop of Hebron. He succeeded to the diocese on the death of Bishop Guérin on 3 November 1645. He died on 8 February 1660. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 193 with note 5.
  102. d’Arenthon d’Alex was named on 4 July 1661. He died on 3 July 1695. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 193 with note 6.
  103. Rossillon was named bishop on 26 August 1697. He died on 23 April 1734. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 208 with note 2.
  104. Deschamps was born in Chambery in 1701, and held a doctorate in theology (U. Valence, 1741). He had been abbot of Chesiriacum (Chéserey, Sisserey) (1728–1741). He was nominated by the King of Sardinia on 21 February 1741, and approved in consistory by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 April 1741. He died on 2 November 1763. Hauréau, Gallia Christiana XVI, p. 497. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 223 with note 2.
  105. (1764.07.09–death 1785.03.07)
  106. Lavanchy I, pp. 1-3.
  107. Paget was named bishop by Pope Pius VI on 23 April 1787. He submitted his resignation at the request of Pope Pius VII on 21 November 1801. He died in retirement on 25 April 1810, at the age of 84. Lavanchy I, pp. 268, 272. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 224.
  108. Panisetta became Constitutional Bishop of Mont-Blanc on 7 April 1793. On 22 February 1796, he submitted his retraction of apostasy to the papal nuncio in Lucerne. Déclaration et rétractation de François-Thérèse Panisset, Evêque constitutionnel du Mont-Blanc, (in French), Lausanne: Chez Vincent, 1796. Paul Pisani. Répertoire biographique de l'épiscopat constitutionnel (1791-1802), (in French), (Paris: A. Picard 1907), pp. 306-310.
  109. Monstiers was appointed on 4 April 1802 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara, through special powers delegated him as papal legate. Lavagny, p. 273. He retired on 7 February 1805, and died in 1829. Previously, he had been Bishop of Dijon (France) (1787–1801): L. Morand, Documents: Anciennes corporations des arts et métiers de Chambéry et de quelques autres localités de la Savoie. Personnel ecclésiastique du diocèse de Chambéry de 1802 à 1893, (in French), Volume 7 (Chambéry: Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie/ 1893), pp. 194-206.
  110. L. Morand, Documents: Anciennes corporations des arts et métiers de Chambéry et de quelques autres localités de la Savoie. Personnel ecclésiastique du diocèse de Chambéry de 1802 à 1893, (in French), Volume 7 (Chambéry: Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie/ 1893), pp. 207-213.

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