Biography

Australian Catholic priest and theologian (–)

Gerald Glynn O'CollinsSJAC (2 July – 22 August ) was an Australian Jesuitpriest and academic.^[1] He was a research professor and writer-in-residence at the Jesuit Theological College (JTC) in Parkville, Victoria, and a research professor in theology at St Mary's University College in Twickenham.^[2] For more than three decades, he was professor of systematic and fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome).^[3]

In , O'Collins was made a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC), in recognition of his outstanding commitment to theological scholarship and ecumenical initiatives.^[4]

Life and career

O'Collins was born in Melbourne, Australia on 2 July ,^[5] and educated at Xavier College.

His maternal grandfather Paddy Glynn was a federal government minister, while his sister Maev O'Collins became a professor at the University of Papua New Guinea. O'Collins studied at the University of Melbourne, where he took both a first-class honours baccalaureate degree and a master's degree. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in and went on to earn a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) at Heythrop College, Oxfordshire, in The next year he was made a Doctor of Theology by Cambridge University, where he held a research fellowship at Pembroke College.

Gerald o collins biography of william shakespeare in 400 words Education: University of Melbourne, B. Entered Society of Jesus Jesuits , , ordained Roman Catholic priest, ; external lecturer at Heythrop College, , and University of Leicester, ; Cambridge University , Pembroke College, Cambridge, England, research fellow, ; Jesuit Theological College, Melbourne, Australia, lecturer in theology, ; Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, professor of theology, —, dean of theology faculty, —. Editor, with Stephen T. Contributor to theology journals and dictionaries. Gerald Glynn O'Collins once told CA: "I am another expatriate Australian professor and writer—this time in theology—and the first Australian to hold a position at Gregorian University, the premier theological center in the Roman Catholic Church.

He taught at the Weston School of Theology (Boston Theological Institute) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the JTC in Melbourne for five years before accepting a professorship at the Gregorian University in Rome in He taught there until Additionally, he served as dean of the theological faculty for six years. After retiring from the Gregorian he was named research professor at St.

Mary's University College.^[6]

O'Collins received several honorary doctorates:^[7] from the University of San Francisco (), University of Surrey (), Sacred Heart University (Bridgeport, Conn.) (); John Carroll University (Cleveland, Ohio) (); and a DD from Melbourne College of Divinity (); Honorary adjunct professor of Australian Catholic University (–).^[8]

O'Collins organised and co-chaired international ecumenical symposia on the Resurrection (), the Trinity (), the Incarnation (), the Redemption (), and the legacy of Pope John Paul II (), also co-editing their proceedings.^[9] He returned to Australia in

O'Collins was an honorary visitor and a visiting scholar at Pembroke College, and served as an honorary adjunct professor at the Australian Catholic University.

He delivered the Fisher Lecture and the Margaret Beaufort Lecture at Cambridge and the Cardinal Hume Lectures at Heythrop College. Amongst other honours, he was the recipient of the Malipiero Prize, the Stefano Borgia European Prize, and the Johannes Quasten Medal given by Catholic University of America.^[10]

O'Collins died in Melbourne on 22 August , at the age of ^[11]

Selected works

• Christology: Origins, Developments Baylor University Press, ISBN
• O'Collins, Gerald; Farrugia, Mario ().
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  Catholicism: The Story of Catholic Christianity (2nd&#;ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN&#;.

• Light from Light: Scientists and Theologians in Dialogue (ed. with Mary Ann Meyers) Wm. B. Eerdmans, ISBN&#;
• Rethinking Fundamental Theology OUP, ISBN&#;
• Jesus Our Priest: A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ (with Michael Keenan Jones) OUP, ISBN&#;
• Catholicism.

  A Very Short Introduction OUP, ISBN&#;

• The Legacy of John Paul II (ed. with Michael Hayes) Continuum, ISBN&#;
• Jesus: A Portrait Darton, Longman & Todd, ISBN&#;
• Salvation for All. God's Other Peoples OUP, ISBN&#;
• Pope John Paul II. A Reader (with D Kendall and J LaBelle) Paulist Press, ISBN&#;
• Christ Our Redeemer.

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  A Christian Approach to Salvation OUP, ISBN&#;

• The Lord's Prayer Darton, Longman & Todd, ISBN&#; (Paulist Press ed.)
• Living Vatican II. The 21st Council for the 21st Century, Paulist Press, (awarded best theology book of by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and of Canada). ISBN&#;
• Following the Way: Jesus Our Spiritual Director Paulist Press, ISBN&#;
• Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus OUP, – rev.

  2nd ed. ISBN&#;

• Jesus Risen: An Historical, Fundamental, and Systematic Examination of Christ's Resurrection Paulist Press, ISBN&#;

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