Burchard Villiger

The Reverend Burchard Villiger S.J.
4th President of Santa Clara University
In office 1861–1865
Preceded by	Felix Cicaterri, S.J.
Succeeded by	Aloysius Masnata, S.J.
Personal details
Born	May 14, 1819 Auw, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Died	1903 Woodstock, Maryland
Profession	Jesuit priest

Burchard Villiger, S.J. (1816-1897) was appointed Santa Clara University's fourth president in 1861 after the presidency of Felix Cicaterri. Burchard Villiger had served as the president of two Jesuit Colleges in the east. During his presidency at Santa Clara University in California United States he had built the Science Building, a Jesuit Residence, and the Facade of the Old Mission Church. He served as president till 1865 which coincided with the Civil War. Later Villiger was rector of the College of the Sacred Heart in Woodstock, Maryland where he died in 1903.

In 1857, Villiger was appointed president of Washington Seminary (later known as Gonzaga College High School) in Washington, D.C., succeeding Hippolyte J. De Neckere. His presidency came in an end the following year, and he was succeeded by Charles H. Stonestreet.

References

Sources

• Hill, Owen Aloysius (1922). "Chapter VII: Rev. Burchard Villiger, S.J. (1857–1858)". Gonzaga College, an Historical Sketch: From Its Foundation in 1821, to the Solemn Celebration of Its First Centenary in 1921. Washington, D.C.: Gonzaga College. pp. 58–60. OCLC 1266588. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via Google Books.

External sources

• University of Santa Clara (1912). University of Santa Clara. University of Santa Clara: a history from the founding of Santa Clara Mission in 1777 to the beginning of the University in 1912. Harvard College Library: University Press. p. 23.
• Mckevitt, Gerald (1979). The University of Santa Clara: A History, 1851-1977 (illustrated ed.). Santa Clara University: Stanford University Press. pp. 52, 65–67, 76, 92, 194, 284, 329, 331, 347, 384. ISBN 9780804710244.