LACHAT, EUGÈNE. - Bishop of Basel, b. at Montavon (Canton of Bern) on 14 Oct. 1819, d. at Balerna in the Canton of Ticino on 1 Nov. 1886. After completing his theological studies in Italy and being ordained on 24 Sept. 1842, he was first appointed rector of the sanctuary of Trois-Epis in Alsace, where he remained for about 6 years, and then parish priest of Grandfontaine in Switzerland (1850). After subsequently heading the deanery of Delémont for nearly a decade, he was consecrated bishop of Basel by Pius IX on 28 Sept. 1863.
Because of his fidelity to the Pope and to the decisions of the Vatican Council, in which he had actively participated, he had lively clashes with the cantonal political authorities, as a result of which he was deposed from the governance of the diocese (1873) and exiled (1874). Having settled first at Altishofen, then at Lucerne, he resigned in 1884 at the wish of Leo XIII, and shortly afterward was elected apostolic administrator of the Canton of Ticino and at the same time appointed titular archbishop of Damietta.
Bibliography2 worksP. Vautrey, Histoire des évêques de Bâle, II, Einsiedeln 1885, pp. 559-636; J. Follettête, Un évêque jurassien, mgr E. L., Paris 1925. Nicco
BIBL.: P. Vautrey, Histoire des évêques de Bâle, II, Einsiedeln 1885, pp. 559-636; J. Follettête, Un évêque jurassien, mgr E. L., Paris 1925.
Niccolò Del Re
Del, Re Niccolò. “Lachat, eugène.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 787. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lachat-eugene.
MLA
Del, Re Niccolò. “Lachat, eugène.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 787. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lachat-eugene.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_lachat_eugene,
author = {Del, Re Niccolò},
title = {Lachat, eugène},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {787},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lachat-eugene}
}
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