1. Gaspard Mermillod was a Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Gaspard Mermillod
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Gaspard Mermillod made major contributions to Catholic social teaching which helped lay the groundwork for Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum.
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Gaspard Mermillod was born on 22 September 1824 in Carouge, Switzerland.
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Gaspard Mermillod was the eldest of six children of Jacques and Pernette Mermillod, both born of farming families of a neighboring village of Bardonnex.
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In June 1847, Gaspard Mermillod was ordained to the priesthood and was appointed curate in Geneva, where he established two periodicals: and.
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Gaspard Mermillod was vicar of the Church of St-Germain in Geneva.
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Gaspard Mermillod was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva and Titular Bishop of Hebron, by Pope Pius IX, on 22 September 1864.
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Gaspard Mermillod received his episcopal consecration on 25 September 1864.
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Gaspard Mermillod was especially active for Catholic education, founding with Louis Brisson and Leonie Aviat the Oblate Sisters of St Francis de Sales at Troyes, for the protection of poor working girls.
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Gaspard Mermillod then attempted to perform his functions from exile in the nearby French town of Ferney.
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Gaspard Mermillod made major contributions to the Social Doctrine of the Church.
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In March 1891, Gaspard Mermillod resigned the pastoral government of the Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva, and Joseph Deruaz was named his successor.
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Gaspard Mermillod was laid in repose, in the church of Ss.
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Gaspard Mermillod's body was eventually transferred, in 1926, to the parish church of Saint-Croix in Carouge.
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Gaspard Mermillod's collected works were edited by Grospellier in three volumes.