Fridolin Suter

Fridolin Suter (born November 5, 1863 in Tobel , † September 28, 1937 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life

Fridolin Suter was the son of Johann Ludwig Suter, Messmer and his wife Maria Theresia, geb. Cousin.

He attended the seminary in Lucerne and received the 1891 ordination .

From 1891 to 1893 he was chaplain and the head of the boys secondary school in Baar , from 1894 to 1903 pastor in Steckborn and from 1903 to 1937 in Bischofszell .

In 1899 he was elected General Secretary of the Swiss Catholic Young Team Association (SKJV), in which position he remained until 1917; During this time he founded the magazine Jungmannschaft as the official organ of the Catholic youth clubs in Switzerland.

In 1922 he became episcopal commissioner for the canton of Thurgau and from 1932 he became head of the Bischofszell dean's office .

Honors

In 1903 he was appointed papal house prelate .
In 1922 the University of Graz awarded him the honorary doctorate Dr. hc
In 1935 he was made honorary canon of Solothurn Cathedral .
Fridolin Suter was an honorary citizen of Bischofszell.

Fonts (selection)

The Episcopal Commissariat of the Diocese of Basel for the Canton of Thurgau: according to canon law & Thurgau constitutional law . Frauenfeld: Müller printing house, 1921.
The state-church conditions in the canton of Thurgau since the re-establishment of the diocese of Basel . Solothurn: Union, 1929.
Joseph Ambühl ; Fridolin Suter: Juventus catholica: The Catholic youth organizations in Europe. With special consideration of the male working youth . Zug: Rex-Verlag SKJV, 1932.

Web links

Max Edwin Furrer: Suter, Fridolin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Publications by and about Fridolin Suter in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Gert Hagelweide: 149883-160745. Biographical literature. Sco - Zw: editors, journalists, publicists and publishers (full-time and part-time) - illustrators, caricaturists, press photographers - print shop owners, leading specialists in newspaper technology, in advertising, reading circles and sales, journalism and newspaper scholars, press lawyers . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-096178-2 , p. 108 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Suter, Fridolin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ravine
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 1937
Place of death	St. Gallen

[1] Gert Hagelweide: 149883-160745. Biographical literature. Sco - Zw: editors, journalists, publicists and publishers (full-time and part-time) - illustrators, caricaturists, press photographers - print shop owners, leading specialists in newspaper technology, in advertising, reading circles and sales, journalism and newspaper scholars, press lawyers . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-096178-2 , p. 108 ( limited preview in Google Book search).