He married Chantal Fischer in 1960, an honorary lecturer in Roman history at the Lumière University Lyon 2.

He studied at the École normale d'instituteurs de Lyon from 1953 to 1955, and obtained his agrégation in 1960.

[3] He defended his doctoral thesis in 1976 at Paris-Sorbonne University in 1972, titled L’implantation des églises protestantes dans les pays palatins de 1556 à 1619.

[4] He worked as a researcher at the Institut d'histoire d'Alsace from 1976 to 2003 and directed the Centre de recherche régionale et rhénane from 1984 to 2003.

[5] Vogler was a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques from 1989 to 2000 and was Vice-President of the International Commission for Comparative Ecclesiastical History from 1975 to 2001.