Henri Schaller (journalist)
Henri Schaller (born July 21, 1886 in Corban , † October 31, 1985 in Pruntrut ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman, journalist and newspaper publisher .
Life
Henri Schaller was born as the son of the farmer Joseph Schaller and his wife Anna, b. Dominé, born. He attended the Immensee high school and was ordained a priest in 1912 .
From 1913 to 1922 he was a teacher at the Gymnasium Immensee and in that time editor of Bethlehem the Bethlehem Mission Society . From 1922 he was editor of the Catholic daily Le Pays in Pruntrut , of which he was director from 1923 to 1969. He had a great influence on the Catholic elite in the canton of Jura and was known as an editor- in-chief for his daily moral-philosophical glosses , which he published under the name Lefranc ; In addition, he was active in leading positions within the Catholic press in western Switzerland .
During the Second World War he initially affirmed the Vichy regime , but changed over time and later supported the Resistance and campaigned for French refugees.
Honors
- In 1938 he became the secret chamberlain of Pope Pius XI. appointed.
- In 1961 he was made an Honorary Senator of the University of Freiburg because of his support for the university in the Catholic press .
- In 1962 he was appointed apostolic protonotary .
- He was in command of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and Knight of the Legion of Honor
Memberships
- Henri Schaller was Vice President of the Swiss Catholic Press Association .
- He was President of the Cantonal Section of the Swiss Catholic People's Association .
Fonts (selection)
- Eugène Friche; Henri Schaller: A la Jeunesse Catholique Jurassienne: 1915-1927. Approbations ecclésiastiques. Historique de la JCJ Lettre fraternelle à quelques amis de la JCJ Porrentruy: Aux Éditions Jurassiennes, 1927.
- L'irlande croyante et pittoresque: Mon carnet de route pendant le Congrès eucharistique international, Dublin 1932 . Porrentruy: Impr. De La Bonne Presse, 1932.
- Léon Dupont Lachenal; Léon Savary ; Henri Schaller; Charles Saint-Maurice Haegler: Le chanoine François-Marie Bussard de l'Abbaye de St-Maurice, 1902-1943 . St-Maurice: Impr. De l'Oeuvre St-Augustin, 1943.
- Le bréviaire du pèlerin de Notre-Dame de Lourdes . Porrentruy: Aux Editions jurassiennes, 1962.
- Francs propos: cueillis entre dex mille . Porrentury: Aux Editions jurassiennes, 1962.
- André Chèvre; Serge Zanolla; Albert Perronne; Henri Schaller: Miserez et son église . Porrentruy: Editions jurassiennes, 1975.
Web links
- Claude Hauser / MS: Schaller, Henri. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ François Kohler: Le Pays (newspaper). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 3, 2010 , accessed March 20, 2019 .
- ↑ 1960 Annual Report, p. 18. Swiss Catholic Press Association, accessed on March 20, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaller, Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss clergyman, journalist and newspaper publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corban |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1985 |
| Place of death | Pruntrut |