Joseph A. Komonchak
Joseph A. Komonchak (born March 13, 1939 in Nyack , USA ) is a Roman Catholic theologian.
Komonchak was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York on December 18, 1963 . In 1964 he obtained a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . In 1976 he received his PhD from Union Theological Seminary in New York. From 1967 to 1977 he taught as a professor of theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers . In 1977 he became professor of theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington. His research interests include the theology and history of the Second Vatican Council . His essays in the journal Concilium , his contribution to the anthology published by Giuseppe Alberigo and Hermann Josef Pottmeyer , The Reception of the Second Vatican Council (Düsseldorf 1986) and his contribution to the first volume of Giuseppe Alberigo's history of the Second Vatican Council ( Mainz 1997).
Web links
- Lecture on the Second Vatican Council
- Washington Post chat minutes : JA Komonchak on the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
- At the pope's right hand (Book review by JA Komonchak in the New York Times : J. Ratzinger, Zur Lage des Glaubens. A conversation with Vittorio Messori )
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| SURNAME | Komonchak, Joseph A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyack |