Joseph Déruaz

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Joseph Déruaz (born May 13, 1826 in Choulex , † September 26, 1911 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Lausanne and Geneva .

Life

Born as the son of the farmer Maurice Déruaz and his wife Antoinette geb. Métral, he attended the Jesuit college in Évian-les-Bains . Afterwards he studied theology at the seminary in Freiburg and Annecy from 1846 to 1847 . After being ordained a priest on May 25, 1850, he was vicar in Grand-Saconnex until 1852 . He then worked from 1852 to 1859 as a pastor in Rolle and from 1859 to 1891 in Lausanne. Due to Déruaz 'intervention with Federal Councilor Louis Ruchonnet , Bishop Gaspard Mermillod , who was expelled from the country in 1873, was able to return in 1883. From 1888 Joseph Déruaz was dean of Saint-Amédée in the canton of Vaud .

On March 14, 1891, Joseph Déruaz was appointed bishop of Lausanne and Geneva. He was ordained bishop on March 19 of the same year by Gaspard Mermillod, who has meanwhile been elevated to cardinal ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Domenico Ferrata , Apostolic Nuncio in France, and Leonhard Haas , Bishop of Basel and Lugano . He served as bishop until his death and was able to obtain permission to resume Catholic worship in some areas of the cantons of Vaud, Neuchâtel and Geneva.

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  1. ↑ Joseph Deruaz , Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg, accessed on May 7, 2019
predecessor Office successor
Gaspard Mermillod Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva
1891–1911 		André-Maurice Bovet
personal data
SURNAME Déruaz, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Choulex
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1911
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland