Pierre Farine
Pierre Farine (born May 31, 1940 in Locarno , Ticino , Switzerland ) is a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus in Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg .
Life
Pierre Farine comes from Courroux (Canton Jura) and grew up in Winterthur (Canton Zurich). He later attended schools in Montreux (Canton of Vaud) and St. Moritz (Canton of Valais), where he obtained his university entrance qualification in 1960. He entered the seminary in Friborg and received the sacrament of ordination from Bishop François Charrière on June 27, 1965 .
Farine became vicar at St. Moritz in Pully (Vaud) in 1965 , at the Church of Our Lady in Geneva in 1970 , and at the Trinity Church in Geneva in 1973 . In 1975 he became youth chaplain for the canton of Geneva . In 1986 he became pastor at St. Moritz in Bernex , and from 1990 he was dean.
On 12 August 1996 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Tragurium and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg. The Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg, Amédée Grab OSB , donated him episcopal ordination on October 20 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the bishop emeritus of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg, Pierre Mamie , and the abbot of Saint-Maurice , Henri Salina CRA .
Farine was Episcopal Vicar in charge of the Canton of Geneva. From September 2010 to December 2011 he was also the diocesan administrator of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg. On June 30, 2015, Pope Francis accepted the Auxiliary Bishop's resignation due to reasons of age.
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| SURNAME | Farine, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop emeritus in Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Locarno , Ticino , Switzerland |