J. Bryan Hehir Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Reverend Monsignor Dr.
J. Bryan Hehir
Birth Place:Lowell, Massachusetts, US

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Religion:Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Church:Latin Church
Ordained:1966 (priest)

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Thesis Title:The Ethics of Intervention
Thesis Year:1976
Discipline:Theology
Sub Discipline:Christian ethics

| signature = | signature_alt = }}Joseph Bryan Hehir (born 1940) is an American Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian in the United States. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984.[1]

Career

Hehir has served as the Secretary of Health and Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. He was also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government until his retirement in 2021.[2]

Hehir was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at the Harvard Divinity School.[3]

Hehir was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.[4] He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[5]

In 2004, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.[6]

In 2024, Pope Francis named Hehir as a Chaplain of His Holiness with the title monsignor, in honor of his service to the Archdiocese of Boston.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MacArthur Fellows / Meet the Class of March 1984. Bryan Hehir Religion and Foreign Policy Scholar. 1 March 1984. MacArthur Foundation. 13 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Six faculty retirements . 2022-12-14 . www.hks.harvard.edu . en.
  3. Web site: J. Bryan Hehir. Harvard University. 13 October 2014.
  4. Web site: J. Bryan Hehir. 2021-10-18. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
  5. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-10-18. search.amphilsoc.org.
  6. Web site: University of Notre Dame . Recipients The Laetare Medal . 2 August 2020 . en.
  7. http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.php?ID=197790