Father Jacob Scherr studied theology at the Roman Catholic Seminary in Saratov. He was ordained 1 May 1888 and served as vicar in the parish of Mariental for one year.
Father Scherr also founded a Community of Third Order Sisters of Saint Francis in Karlsruhe (Black Sea Region) to work in the orphanage there. This orphanage existed until 1923-24 when it was closed by Bolshevik authorities. Father Scherr's sister, Sister Helene Scherr, was also involved in Catholic ministries during this time.
- Scherr Jacob (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online].
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- Zugger, Christopher Lawrence. The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001): 221.