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Burchard Villiger

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Name
  
Burchard Villiger

Religion
  
Roman Catholic


Profession
  
Jesuit priest

Role
  
Rector

Died
  
1903, Woodstock, Maryland, United States

Preceded by
  
Felix Cicaterri, S.J.

Succeeded by
  
Aloysius Masnata, S.J.

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.

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