Franz Jakob Scheuffgen

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Portrait medallion on the tombstone
Grave slab in the Trier cathedral cloister

Franz Jakob Scheuffgen (born November 18, 1842 in Soller , † March 20, 1907 in Bonn ) was a German Catholic priest, educator and canon in the diocese of Trier .

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In 1860 he passed his Abitur at the grammar school in Neuss and studied theology, philology, oriental languages ​​and history in Bonn . Scheuffgen then worked as a teacher at the Knabenkonvikt von Herve (Belgium), Diocese of Liège , before he was ordained a priest in Cologne in 1865 . At first he remained a teacher in Herve, in 1867 he went to the Rheinische Ritterakademie in Bedburg in the same capacity and at the same time visited the University of Bonn again to take the state examination in history, religion, Hebrew, geography and French.

Franz Jakob Scheuffgen took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 as a chaplain and then became a senior teacher at the Gymnasium Saargemünd / Lorraine, and from 1878 director of the Episcopal Boys' College in Montigny near Metz .

In 1886 the Prussian government nominated him as Provost of Trier . Since then, the promotion was a prerequisite for this office, he received his doctorate in no time at the University of Freiburg for a doctor of theology . As provost to Scheuffgen acquired great merits in the cathedral renovation 1882-1898.

He was also active as a writer in the church sector.

Franz Jakob Scheuffgen died in Bonn in 1907 and was buried in the cathedral chapter cemetery in the cloister of Trier cathedral . On the grave slab there is a bronze portrait medallion, created by the Belgian sculptor Gustav Sobry who works in Trier .

According to investigations into the construction of the St. Wendel Mission House , Provost Scheuffgen was “persona grata with the secular authorities and personally friends with the Emperor” . The writer Paul Liman also reports on this friendship between Wilhelm II and Franz Jakob Scheuffgen in his work “Der Kaiser 1888-1911” . He had already come to know and appreciate him as a prince, before his accession to the throne. At that time the future monarch described him as "fresh, energetic young man" with whom he "openly discussed" and with him "understood admirably" have.

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  1. ^ Digital scan of the work The Hierarchy in the Catholic Church , 1897
  2. ↑ Barbara Janßen: The mission houses of the SVD and St. Arnold Janssen , Dissertation, University of Bonn, 2017, p. 126; PDF output
  3. ^ Paul Liman : Der Kaiser 1888-1911 , new edition of the original from 1911, BoD - Books on Demand, 2012, p. 240, ISBN 3-86382-949-2 ; (Digital scan)
  4. ^ John CG Röhl: Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 , Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 621, ISBN 0-521-49752-3 ; (Digital scan)
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SURNAME Scheuffgen, Franz Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest, educator and canon in the Diocese of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH He shall
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1907
Place of death Bonn