Mäder made headlines when he said that there was no plan to allow women into the Swiss Guards. His reason was that the Guard's quarters were too small and the entry of women would lead to discipline problems.[1][2]
He was walking along the Popemobile on 6 June 2007 when a German man jumped over the security cordons and tried to jump into the vehicle.[3]
Mäder is married to Theresia Blöchliger and they have four children.[citation needed]
elmar, mäder, elmar, theodor, mäder, born, july, 1963, thirty, third, commandant, pontifical, swiss, guards, held, rank, colonel, guards, contents, biography, distinctions, national, orders, foreign, orders, referencesbiography, editmäder, born, niederuzwil, g. Elmar Theodor Mader born 28 July 1963 was the thirty third Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guards He held the rank of colonel in the Guards Contents 1 Biography 2 Distinctions 2 1 National orders 2 2 Foreign orders 3 ReferencesBiography EditMader was born in Niederuzwil and grew up in Zuzwil in the canton of St Gallen one of five children of Theo and Katharina Mader He studied at the Hochschule in St Gallen and at the University of Freiburg before entering the Swiss Army where he attained the rank of First Lieutenant in the Air Defense Troops He entered the Papal Swiss Guards in 1998 and was named commandant in 2002 succeeding Pius Segmuller citation needed Mader made headlines when he said that there was no plan to allow women into the Swiss Guards His reason was that the Guard s quarters were too small and the entry of women would lead to discipline problems 1 2 He was walking along the Popemobile on 6 June 2007 when a German man jumped over the security cordons and tried to jump into the vehicle 3 Mader is married to Theresia Blochliger and they have four children citation needed Distinctions EditNational orders Edit nbsp Italy Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicForeign orders Edit nbsp Holy See Commander of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great nbsp Holy See Commander of the Order of Saint Sylvester nbsp Holy See Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre nbsp Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order Pro Merito Melitensi Grand Officer s Cross with Swords Knight Grand Cross of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint GeorgeReferences Edit Crean Ellen 24 November 2005 Sex And The Vatican CBS News Retrieved 25 October 2021 La Garde suisse pourrait s ouvrir aux femmes Man Tries To Jump Into Popemobile CBS News June 6 2007 Retrieved October 25 2021 Military officesPreceded byPius Segmuller Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard2002 2008 Succeeded byDaniel Anrig nbsp This Vatican City biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elmar Mader amp oldid 1146369662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
