Charles Morerod
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His Excellency Charles Morerod |
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| Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg |
| Appointed | 3 November 2011 |
| Installed | 11 December 2011 |
| Predecessor | Bernard Genoud |
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| Ordination | 30 April 1988 |
| Consecration | 11 December 2011 by Cardinal Georges Cottier |
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| Born | 28 October 1961 Riaz Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Motto | Mihi vivere Christus est (latin) Pour moi, vivre, c’est le Christ (French) |
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Styles of Charles Morerod OP |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Charles Morerod, O.P. (born 28 October 1961), is a Swiss Dominican prelate. Since 2011, he has been bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg. Previously he served as Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), professor of dogmatic theology. and Secretary General of the International Theological Commission.
Morerod was born on 28 October 1961 in Riaz, Switzerland. He entered the Dominican novitiate in 1983, and was ordained a priest in 1988.
Morerod earned a licentiate in theology from the University of Fribourg in 1987, and a doctorate in theology from the same university in 1994. He was chaplain to the university from 1991 to 1994. In 1996, he obtained a licentiate in philosophy, also from the University of Fribourg, and a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Toulouse in 2004.
From 1987 to 1989 Morerod was engaged in pastoral ministry, first as a deacon and then as vice-parish priest at the parish of St. Paul in Geneva. From 1989 to 1992 he was Assistant at the Faculty of Theology, University of Fribourg from 1991 to 1994 and chaplain of the University of Fribourg. In 1993 he received his doctorate in theology and a licentiate in philosophy in 1996. From 1994 to 1999 he was adjunct professor of Fundamental Theology at the University of Fribourg and since 1996 professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Since 1997 he is editor of the edition in the French journal Nova et Vetera. In 1999 he became full-time professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. From 1999 to 2002 he also taught at the Faculty of Theology of Lugano. He was Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Theology from 2003 to 2009 and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2004 he obtained his doctorate in philosophy at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse. From 2008-2011, he was also academic director of the Rome program for Catholic Studies students at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.
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