Christian M. Rutishauser

Christian M. Rutishauser was born in 1965. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1992 and was ordained a priest in 1998. He studied theology in Jerusalem and New York and earned a doctorate in Jewish studies. From 2001, he served as director of education at Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn. From 2012 to 2021, he was provincial of the Swiss Jesuit Province, followed by service as delegate of the Central European Jesuit Province. In 2024, he was appointed professor of theology and Jewish studies at the University of Lucerne.