Gaspard Mermillod

His Eminence Gaspard Mermillod
Cardinal Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva
See	Lausanne and Geneva
Installed	15 March 1883
Term ended	11 March 1891
Predecessor	Christophore Cosandey
Successor	Joseph Déruaz
Other post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva (25 September 1864 - 15 March 1883) Titular Bishop of Hebron (25 September 1864 - 15 March 1883) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (23 June 1890 - 23 February 1892)
Orders
Ordination	24 June 1847
Consecration	25 September 1864
Created cardinal	23 June 1890
Personal details
Born	Gaspard Mermillod (1824-09-22)22 September 1824 Carouge, Switzerland
Died	23 February 1892(1892-02-23) (aged 67) Rome, Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Coat of arms

Styles of Gaspard Mermillod
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland (Emeritus)

Gaspard Mermillod (22 September 1824 – 23 February 1892) was a Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Despite a lengthy investiture conflict with the Calvinist Canton of Geneva, he served as Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva from 1883 to 1891, having previously served as Titular Bishop of Hebron. He was made a cardinal in 1890.

He made major contributions to Catholic social teaching which helped lay the groundwork for Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum.^[1]