Joseph Amrhyn

Amrhyn entered the Society of Jesus in 1733 and was ordained priest in 1748. He subsequently taught at Jesuit colleges in Hall, Konstanz, Ellwangen, and Kaufbeuren in Germany, and was regarded as an excellent preacher.^[1]

He served as rector of the Jesuit college of Lucerne for two terms (1764–1767 and 1770–1774). Following the suppression of the Society of Jesus, he was required to hand over the college's property to the state on 17 January 1774. Administrative authority passed to the city of Lucerne, but Amrhyn remained for a further year as vice-superior, continuing to exercise spiritual and temporal direction of the Xaverian house — the new gymnasium — until 1775. In 1775, he received the prosperous benefice of Hochdorf.^[1]

• HS, VII, 159–160
• D. Leisibach, Die Aufhebung des Luzerner Jesuitenkollegiums, 1978
• F. Strobel, Schweizer Jesuitenlexikon, ms., 1986, p. 30

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Amrhyn, Joseph​, Urban Fink, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Translated by Michel Thévenaz.