Research Supervisors List
All MCD University of Divinity research supervisors have been selected for their experience, knowledge and passion of their field and in accordance with the MCD University of Divinity's Supervisor Guidelines.
Humanities
CTC
Norman Ford sdb STL PhD
Shane Mackinlay BTheol BA MPhil PhD
John (Hilary) Martin op STLr MLitt PhD
Gregory McCormick op MA STB LicPhil MTheol PhD
UFT
John Martis SJ BSc (Hons) BA BTheol MA (Hons) PhD
Biblical Studies
CTC
Anthony Dean cm LSS
Brian Boyle msc BA BTheol DipTertEd STL STD
B Rod Doyle cfc STL LSS PhD
Mark O'Brien op BSc STB LSS DTheol
Stuart Moran LLB(Hons) BTheol MTS LSS
Francis J Moloney sdb AM STL LSS DPhil FAHA
Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen ofm conv MSc STB STL STD
Stirling
Merryl Blair BTheol (Hons) DipMin, DTheol
Stephen J Curkpatrick LTh MTh GradDipEd (Religious Studies) MA PhD
Merrill Kitchen OAM BAppSc BTheol TheolM
UFT
Brendan J. Byrne SJ MA BD(Hons) DPhil FAHA
Dorothy A. Lee BA (Hons) BD (Hons) DipEd PhD
Howard N. Wallace BE BD ThM ThD
Sean Winter BA (Hons) DPhil
Catherine Playoust BA (Hons) BTh STL ThD
Whitley
Keith Dyer TPTC BA BTheol DTheol
Mark Brett BA MDiv PhD
YTU
Christopher Monaghan CP BTheol LSS
Glenda Bourke SGS BA BTheol TheolM
Catherine McCahill SGS BTheol BEd GDipRE PhD
Mary Reaburn NDS, BA BTheol TheolM DTheol
Campion Murray OFM STD
Systematic Theology
CTC
Paul Connell MA (Oxon) STD (Greg)
Frances Baker rsm BA (Melb) BEd (Melb) BTheol (MCD) STD (Greg) MACE
Elio Capra sdb DTheol (MCD)
Timothy Costelloe sdb STL (PSU, Rome) DTheol (MCD)
Terence Curtin STL (Pontif Urban) BEd (Melb) STD (Greg)
Peter Elliott MA (Oxon) STD (Lateran)
Peter Matheson STL (Pontif Urban) STD (Greg)
Steve Rigo BTheol (MCD) STL (Greg)
Denis Stanley DipLib (RMIT) BTheol (MCD) STL (S.Thomas, Rome)
Brendan Reed BTheol STL MRelStuds
Kevin Lenehan BA BTheol MRelStuds MTheol STL STD
Brian Nicholls BTheol STL
Stirling
Stephen J Curkpatrick LTh MTh GradDipEd (Religious Studies) MA PhD
UFT
Janette Gray RSM BA DipEd BTheol TheolM
Robin Koning SJ BSc BTheol Grad Dip STL ThD
Christiaan Mostert BA BD (Hons) MA PhD
Whitley
Frank Rees BA (Hons) MA BD (Hons) TheolM PhD DipEd
YTU
Aloysius Rego OCD BSc BE BTheol DTheol
Anne Hunt BSc BEd MA(Theol) DTheol
Brian Gleeson CP MA MMRSc DTheol
Gregory Brett CM STL MEd PhD
Kathleen Williams RSM BA MEd(Admin) MTS DTheol
Norman Young BA BD PhD
Ross Fishburn BA (Hons) BD (Hons) MTh DTh
Church History
CTC
Austin Cooper omi AM MA (CUA) PhD (Monash)
Ian Breward MA (Auckland) BD (Otago) PhD (Manchester)
Clara Staffa Geoghegan BA (Monash) BTheol (MCD) GradDipEd (ACU)
Peter Hansen MA (Monash) BTheol (Hons) (MCD) LLB (Melb) PhD
John (Hilary) Martin op STLr (St Albert) MLitt (Oxon) PhD (UCLA)
Max Vodola BTheol (MCD) MA (Monash)
Chris Shorrock ofm conv BTheol STL DTheol
UFT
Geoffrey J. King SJ BA BD JCD.
Andrew McGowan BA (Hons), BD (Hons), MA, PhD
Katharine Massam BA (Hons) DipEd PhD
David Gormley O'Brien BSc BComEng MA MATS MPhil DPhil
Peter Sherlock MA DPhil
Whitley
Marita Munro MA BD DipEd TheolM PhD
Ken Manley BA DPhil
YTU
Angelo O'Hagan OFM DTheol LSS
Claire Renkin BA DipEd AMusA MA (Art History) PhD
Paul Chandler OCarm BA(Hons) STL DipLittLat PhD
Moral Theology
CTC
Frances Baker rsm BA (Melb) BEd (Melb) BTheol (MCD) STD (Greg) MACE
Norman Ford sdb STL (PSU, Turin) PhD (PSU, Rome)
Anthony Ireland BTheol (MCD) STL (Greg) MA (S.Thomas, Rome) STD (S.Thomas Rome) MACE
Ian Waters MChurchAdmin (CUA) JCD (St Paul, Ottawa) PhD (Ottawa)
Helen Delaney rsm CTE BA MEdAdmin DCL PhD FACE
UFT
Geoffrey J. King SJ BA BD JCD
YTU
Bernard Teo CSsR STD
Cormac Nagle OFM, DCL
Helen Delaney RSM BA M Ed Admin DCL (St Paul University) PhD (University of Ottawa) FACE
Pastoral and Practical Theology
CTC
William Attard BTheol (MCD) BEd (LaTrobe) LicPsych (Greg) MAPsS
Austin Cooper omi AM MA (CUA) PhD (Monash)
Anthony Dean cm LSS (PBI)
Clara Staffa Geoghegan BA (Monash) BTheol (MCD) GradDipEd (ACU)
Bernadette Keating pbvm BA (Monash) MPastSt (Loyola, Chicago) MRelEd (Loyola, Chicago)
Tom Knowles sss BA (Melb) MA (LitStud) (CUA)
Christopher Shorrock ofm conv BTheol (MCD) STL (Seraph)
Margaret Smith sgs BA (Melb) Ma (LitStud) (CUA) DMin (CTC, Chicago)
Peter Varengo sdb STB (UPS) DipRE (InstRelEd, Dundalk) MEd (RE) (Boston College)
Michael McEntee STL STD
Elio Capra sdb DTheol
Stirling
Tim McCowan, BArch BTh MDiv DMin.
Alan Niven, BA (Hons) BD DipEd DipMin MSocSci (Family Studies) PhD
Andrew Menzies BA BMin MMin DMin
UFT
Maryanne Confoy RSC BA MEd PhD.
Randall Prior BSc (Hons) BD (Hons) Dip Mission Studies TheolM
Michael Smith SJ BSc DipSci DipEd BTheol MA EdD
Whitley
Ross Langmead MA MEd BD(Hons) DTheol
Honorary Fellow
Ruwan Palapathwala BTheol TheolM BEd(Applied) MEd PhD
YTU
Bruce Duncan CSsR BEc(Hons) PhD
Catherine McCahill SGS BEd GradDipRE BTheol PhD
Jacob Kavunkal SVD MA LPh LMis DMis
John N Collins STL BSS PhD DipEd
John Prior SVD PhD
Lawrence Nemer SVD LMiss MA PhD
Michael A. Kelly CSsR BTheol STM MEd PhD
Peter Cantwell OFM PhD MAPsS
Robyn Reynolds OLSH BA (Hons) MA (Monash) PhD (NTU)
Rose Marie Prosser PhD BSc (Hons) BTheol MTheol Dip Ed
Spirituality and Spiritual Direction
ICSPF
Michael Smith SJ BSc Grad Dip Sci Grad Dip Ed BTheol MA EdD
