Jean-Baptiste d'Odet
Jean-Baptiste d'Odet (born August 2, 1752 in Friborg ; † July 29, 1803 in Avry-devant-Pont ) was Bishop of Lausanne from 1796 to 1803 .
Life until the appointment of a bishop
Jean-Baptiste (John the Baptist) d'Odet was a son of Joseph-Nicolas, Lord of Orsonnes , and his wife Anne-Marie de Delley. He studied in Paris and in 1774 was appointed canon of St. Nicholas in Freiburg im Üechtland. On September 23, 1775 he was ordained a priest . In 1781 he became pastor of Assens , Canton of Vaud (Switzerland). In 1787, Pierre-François Favre, militant pastor of numerous foreign aristocratic families who emigrated to Lausanne, published a pamphlet under the title "Mémoire intéressant pour la paroisse d'Assens" directed against his pastor Jean-Baptiste d'Odet.
Bishop of Lausanne
On June 27, 1796 Odet was at the instigation of the Nuncio Pietro Gravina appointed bishop of Lausanne and on November 30, 1796 consecrated . His episcopate was shaped by the French Revolution , which led numerous clergy to emigrate to Freiburg. In 1795 the leadership of the seminary, expelled from Besançon, founded the first Tridentine seminary of the diocese, which, however, had to be closed again in 1798 after the French invaded.
In Helvetic Republic , thanks to the advice of priests who sympathized with the revolutionary ideas, he managed to avoid conflicts with the new rulers. For example, he accepted the oath on the civil constitution . Later, however, he and the majority of his clergy distanced themselves from the Helvetic Republic, when the latter tried to reduce the influence of the church on the school by forming an education council.
The last years of life
From March 1801 Odet withdrew to his country estate Avry-devant-Pont, where he also died. He was buried in the Capuchin Church of Bulle .
Works
- Pastoral letter of his most princely graces of the bishop of Lausannen, to the secular and religious clergy, as well as to all Christian believers in his bishopric. Freiburg im Üechtland 1796, 17 pages (also published in French).
literature
- Beat Louis Piller: Litterae encyclicae de obitu Reverendissimi, Illustrissimi et Celsissimi in Christo Patris et Domini Domini Joannis Bapt. Odet d'Orsonnens, episcopi lausannensis et SRI Principis ... BL Piller, Friburgi Helvetiorum 1803.
- Francis Python: Odet, Jean-Baptiste d '(1752-1803). In: Erwin Gatz (Ed.): The bishops of the German-speaking countries 1785/1803 to 1945. A biographical lexicon. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05447-4 , pp. 539f.
Web links
- Victor Conzemius: Odet, Jean-Baptiste d '. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Entry about Jean-Baptiste d'Odet on catholic-hierarchy.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Odet, Jean-Baptiste d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop of the diocese of Lausanne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Üechtland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1803 |
| Place of death | Avry-devant-Pont |