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Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis, et Friburgensis Diocèse de Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg Bistum Lausanne, Genf und Freiburg | |
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 Fribourg Cathedral, see of the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Territory | Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg |
| Metropolitan | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,557 km2 (2,146 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 1,770,069717,000 (guess) (40.5%) |
| Parishes | 248 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6th Century (As Diocese of Lausanne) 30 January 1821 (As Diocese of Lausanne and Genève) 17 October 1924 (As Diocese of Lausanne, Genève and Fribourg) |
| Cathedral | Fribourg Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St Nicholas |
| Secular priests | 244 (diocesan) 159 (Religious Orders) 35 Permanent Deacons |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Charles Morerod |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Pierre Farine Alain de Raemy |
| Map | |
 Map of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg within Switzerland | |
| Website | |
| diocese-lgf.ch | |
The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland, which is (as all sees in the Alpine country) exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province). The original diocese of Lausanne was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Besançon, through the 18th century.[1] The diocese of Geneva was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Vienne.[2]
It comprises the Cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel, with the exception of certain parishes of the right bank of the Rhône belonging to the Diocese of Sion (Sitten). It was created by the merger in 1821 of the Diocese of Lausanne and the Diocese of Geneva, both prince-bishoprics until they were secularized during the Reformation. Until 1924, it was called the Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva. The diocese has its seat at Fribourg. The current bishop is Charles Morerod, O.P., who was ordained and installed on 11 December 2011.
Despite the name, it has no direct link with the former Diocese of Geneva (400-1801), which was merged into the then Diocese of Chambéry, which was promoted a Metropolitan see but lost former Genevan territory to the Diocese of Lausanne in 1819.