MARILLEY, ÉTIENNE. - Prelate, b. 29 Oct. 1804 at Châtel-St-Denis (diocese of Lausanne), d. 17 Jan. 1889. A priest in 1831, in 1835 director of the diocesan Seminary of Geneva, he was appointed archpriest of Geneva in 1843. His appointment was not approved by the cantonal government. Expelled from the canton in 1844, he settled in Fribourg, where the following year he became coadjutor of Msgr. Jenni, the incumbent of that diocese.
On the latter's death, in Jan. 1846, he became bishop of Geneva-Lausanne with his seat at Fribourg. In 1848 a violent conflict arose between M. and the five cantons (Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud, Bern, Neuchâtel) over which his jurisdiction extended. The bishop, having opposed the placet and the required oath to the state authorities, was arrested, imprisoned and deposed by the cantonal authorities. Having settled at Divonne, he returned to Fribourg in 1856. A promoter of the meetings of the Swiss bishops, he renounced the government of his see in 1879. In 1883 Leo XIII appointed him titular archbishop of Mira.
Bibliography2 worksG. Corpataux, s. v. in Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, IV, pp. 665-66 (with bibl.); J. Schmidlin, Papstgeschichte der
BIBL.: G. Corpataux, s. v. in Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, IV, pp. 665-66 (with bibl.); J. Schmidlin, Papstgeschichte der neuesten Zeit, II, Munich 1934, p. 101.
Furlani, Silvio. “Marilley, etienne.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 156. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/marilley-etienne.
MLA
Furlani, Silvio. “Marilley, etienne.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 156. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/marilley-etienne.
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@incollection{ec8_marilley_etienne,
author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Marilley, etienne},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {156},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/marilley-etienne}
}
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