Franck Marie Quoëx (21 June 1966 - 2 January 2007) is a Roman Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Vaduz, Liechtenstein. He is a liturgical scholar and professor of liturgy working at the seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.

The Reverend

Franck Marie Quoëx
Fr Quoëx's Coat of arms
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Orders
Ordination21 June 1992
by Pietro Palazzini
Personal details
Born21 June 1967
Died2 January 2007(2007-01-02) (aged 39)
Aubonne, Switzerland
BuriedLausanne, Switzerland
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materPontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome

Biography

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Early life

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Franck Marie Quoëx was born in 21 June 1967 at Bonneville, Haute-Savoie in France, into an old Savoyard family, because he liked to be defined as Savoyard rather than French, thus showing his dual culture mixing with France and Italy.[1]

Priestly ministry

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In 1986, he entered the International Seminary of St. Pius X in Ecône,[2] Switzerland. But he joined the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in 1989, at that time the institute was just founded and initially in Moissac, France, and then in Gricigliano, Italy.

On 21 June 1992, right on his 25th birthday, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Pietri Palazzini according to the Tridentine Rite. Then he started to studying theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (as known as "Angelicum") in Rome. He defended his doctoral thesis on "The External Acts of Worship in the History of Salvation according to St. Thomas Aquinas".[3]

Fr. Quoëx is also a professor of liturgy at the Seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in Wigratzbad, Bavaria. He had also been appointed professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome few days before his death.

Aside from his work as scholar and professor, Fr. Quoëx is also an experienced Liturgical Master of Ceremonies who has been said to be the only man who could organise an old Papal High Mass.[4] He was the Master of Ceremonies for Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler for a couple of years.[5][6]

Death

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In May 2006, Fr. Quoëx was diagnosed with cancer, which took his life less than nine months later. He died on 2 January 2007 in a hospital of Aubonne, Switzerland, and was buried in the cemetery of Lausanne, Switzerland, he was 39 years old and 15 years within the Priesthood.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The Life, Work and Ambitions of Abbé Franck Quoëx, 1967-2007". Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  2. ^ Tribe, Shawn. "The Life, Work and Ambitions of Liturgical Scholar and Artist, Abbé Franck Quoëx". Liturgical Arts Journal. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. ^ ""Liturgical Theology in Thomas Aquinas": A New Collection of Essays by Fr Franck Quoëx". Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  4. ^ Jattack33 (2022-07-29). "TIL about Abbé Franck Quoëx he was a Priest of the ICKSP and a famous liturgist, he was said to be the only man alive who could organise an old Papal High Mass. He had horrid cancer in his 30s and some say he offered up his sufferings and his life to God for Summorum Pontificum, he died January 2007". r/Catholicism. Retrieved 2024-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Caeremoniale Romanum (2023-12-02). Pontifical Mass of Cardinal Alfons Stickler in Cologne in 1997 || [Franck Quoëx] [Gilles Wach]. Retrieved 2024-11-13 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Plinio Correa de Oliveira Videos (2007-03-11). Roma, Missa celebrada pelo Cardeal Alfons Maria Stickler em sufrágio do Prof Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira - I. Retrieved 2024-11-13 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "The Life, Work and Ambitions of Abbé Franck Quoëx, 1967-2007". Retrieved 2024-11-13.