SCHERER-BOCCARD, THEODOR. - Swiss publicist and politician. b. May 12, 1816, at Donach (Solothurn); d. Feb. 6, 1885, at Solothurn.
He edited several periodicals (*Schildwache am Jura* from 1836 to 1840; *Luzerner Staatszeitung der katholischen Schweiz* from 1842 to 1847; *Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung* from 1855 to 1872), carried on active journalistic work during the Sonderbund period, and after 1847 took a particular interest in the Catholic restoration in Switzerland, promoting in 1857 the founding of the Piusverein, of which he was president until his death, in 1868 that of the *Archiv für schweizerische Reformationsgeschichte*, and in 1874 that of the Association for Catholic Worship.
A member of the Arcadia in 1846, he was created a Roman count by Pius IX in 1852.