page_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
caption_attribution_description: Kathedrale Sankt Nikolaus in Freiburg im Üechtland (Fribourg; Kanton Freiburg / Fribourg, Schweiz) eigene Aufnahme vom 7. September 2006
context_page_description: The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg is a Latin Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland, which is exempt.
  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. 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; it has 680,000 Catholics, constituting 51% of the population of its district. 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Geneva, which was merged into the then Diocese of Chambéry, which was promoted a Metropolitan see but lost former Genevan territory to the bishopric of Lausanne in 1819.
context_section_description: The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is a Latin Roman 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).
  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; it has 680,000 Catholics, constituting 51% of the population of its district (as of 2004). 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 Roman Catholic 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 bishopric of Lausanne in 1819.
caption: Fribourg Cathedral, see of the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
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