Roger Schutz

Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. Popularly known as Brother Roger (French: Frère Roger). In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France, serving as its first prior until his murder in 2005. Born May 12, 1915 in Provence, Vaud, Switzerland. Died August 16, 2005 in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, France (aged 90).