Placide Colliard
Placide Colliard (born February 2, 1876 in Attalens , † February 10, 1920 in Freiburg ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Lausanne-Geneva .
Life
He was the son of the farmer Pierre Colliard and his wife Marie-Madeleine nee. Granger. From 1892 to 1897 Placide Colliard attended the College of St. Michael and from 1897 to 1901 the diocesan seminary in Freiburg. He was ordained a priest on July 21, 1901. After that he was vicar in Châtel-Saint-Denis until 1905 . From 1905 to 1907 he studied at the French seminary in Rome, where he received his doctorate in canon law . In 1907 he became vicar in Vevey , in 1908 pastor in Le Locle , then in 1910 in Promasens . Placide Colliard was appointed vicar general and official of the diocese of Lausanne and Geneva in 1912 .
Pope Benedict XV appointed him on December 6, 1915 Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva. He was ordained episcopate on January 9 of the following year by the Cardinal Bishop of Sabina , Gaetano De Lai ; Co - consecrators were Alfredo Peri-Morosini , Apostolic Administrator of Lugano ( Ticino ), and Georg Schmid von Grüneck , Bishop of Chur .
Placide Colliard died in 1920 in the episcopate.
Web links
- Marianne Rolle: Placide Colliard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 9, 2003 .
- Entry for Placide Colliard on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| André-Maurice Bovet |
Bishop of Lausanne 1915–1920 |
Marius Besson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colliard, Placide |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Lausanne-Geneva |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Attalens |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1920 |
| Place of death | Freiburg |