John Michael McDermott

Background

McDermott, John Michael was born on November 8, 1942 in New York City. Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Mary (Mulvaney) McDermott.

Education

AB, Fordham University, 1967; Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Hochschule St. Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany, 1972; D in Sacred Theology, U. Gregoriana, Rome, 1976.

Career

Associate professor theology Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1976—1987. Professor theology Pontifical Gregorian University, 1987—1999. Laghi chair professor theology Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio, 1999—2006.

Professor theology Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, since 2006. Member board trustees Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Center, St. Louis, 1978-1981. Member Pontifical Committee for Jubilee Year 2000, 1995-1999, International Theological Committee, 2004-2009.

Achievements

• John Michael McDermott has been listed as a noteworthy Priest, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Thought of Pope John Paul II: A Collection of Essays and Studies (Fuori Collana)

    (Long before becoming Pope, K. Wojtyla was developing the ...)

  • The Bible on Human Suffering

Membership

Member American Catholic Philosophical Association, University Faculty for Life, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Academy Catholic Theologians.

Interests

• Avocations: reading history, jogging.

Connections

Father:

John Edward McDermott

Mother:

Elizabeth Mary (Mulvaney) McDermott