Gerald Glynn O'Collins was an Australian Jesuit priest and academic.
12 Facts About Gerald O'Collins
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Gerald O'Collins was a research professor and writer-in-residence at the Jesuit Theological College in Parkville, Victoria, and a research professor in theology at St Mary's University College in Twickenham.
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In 2006, O'Collins was made a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his outstanding commitment to theological scholarship and ecumenical initiatives.
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Gerald O'Collins was born in Melbourne, Australia on 2 July 1931, and educated at Xavier College.
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Gerald O'Collins's maternal grandfather Paddy Glynn was a federal government minister, while his sister Maev O'Collins became a professor at the University of Papua New Guinea.
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Gerald O'Collins studied at the University of Melbourne, where he took both a first-class honours baccalaureate degree and a master's degree.
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Gerald O'Collins was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1963 and went on to earn a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Heythrop College, Oxfordshire, in 1967.
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Gerald O'Collins taught at the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the JTC in Melbourne for five years before accepting a professorship at the Gregorian University in Rome in 1973.
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Gerald O'Collins organised and co-chaired international ecumenical symposia on the Resurrection, the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Redemption, and the legacy of Pope John Paul II, co-editing their proceedings.
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Gerald O'Collins was an honorary visitor and a visiting scholar at Pembroke College, and served as an honorary adjunct professor at the Australian Catholic University.
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Gerald O'Collins delivered the Fisher Lecture and the Margaret Beaufort Lecture at Cambridge and the Cardinal Hume Lectures at Heythrop College.
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Gerald O'Collins died in Melbourne on 22 August 2024, at the age of 93.