austraLasia #2858 Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) Doctor of the
University awards
MELBOURNE: 20 May 2011 -- Leading biblical scholar,
Fr Frank Moloney SDB AM, was recognised by the Australian
Catholic University at a ceremony in Melbourne on Thursday
18 May for his service to the Church through scholarship and
publications in the field of biblical matters.
Fr Moloney demonstrated a keen aptitude
for learning at an early age. As a young Salesian priest, he
was sent to Rome in 1966 to pursue his theological studies,
and a brilliant mind was quickly revealed. Awarded a
Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford University, in 1984
Blessed John Paul II appointed Fr Moloney to the
International Theological Commission to the Holy See – an
important advisory body – where he was to serve a record 18
years.
Fr Moloney became the first theologian
elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities in
1992, and two years later was made a member of the Order of
Australia in recognition of his services to Australian
religion and culture. In 1994 he joined Australian Catholic
University as Foundation Professor of Theology, where he
made an invaluable contribution to the first few years of
the University’s growth. After an international search in
1999, Fr Moloney was appointed the Professor of New
Testament at the Catholic University of America in
Washington, DC. Two years later he became the first
non-United States citizen to be elected President of the
Catholic Biblical Association of America.
An internationally acclaimed theologian,
Fr Moloney has held many academic positions including the
endowed Chair at the Catholic University of America: the
Katherine Drexel Chair of Religious Studies, and Dean of the
School of Theology and Religious Studies. In 2006 he was
appointed Provincial Superior of the Salesians of Don Bosco.
Fr Moloney is a founding editor of the
Australian theological journal Pacifica, an
associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
and the author of more than 40 books and a huge number of
articles in journals all over the world. In 2007 he
collaborated with popular novelist Jeffrey Archer on The
Gospel According to Judas,by Benjamin Iscariot.
Fr Moloney is one of the world’s leading biblical scholars,
and his contributions to our understanding of the gospels,
their messages and meaning, are undeniable. austraLasia
also takes this opportunity to congratulate Fr Moloney on
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