Peter Fehlner, known as Peter Damian Mary Fehlner, was a Catholic priest, theologian, and Mariologist.
11 Facts About Peter Fehlner
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Peter Fehlner was a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual.
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Peter Fehlner was a professor of theology in the Franciscans' Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies, the Immaculatum in Frigento, Italy.
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Peter Fehlner was ordained in Rome on July 14,1957.
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Peter Fehlner completed a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Seraphicum, with a thesis about the Ecclesiology of St Bonaventure.
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Peter Fehlner taught dogmatic theology and Mariology in Franciscan seminaries and universities in the United States and in Italy for 40 years.
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Peter Fehlner is the author of several books and contributed to theological and pastoral journals in the United States and Europe.
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Peter Fehlner wrote and lectured extensively on Franciscan theology and Mariology.
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Peter Fehlner served as North American Regional Superior of the Institute of Pontifical Right of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate from 1996 until 2002.
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Peter Fehlner explained and defended the teachings of St Maximilian Kolbe against theologians and mariologists who consider the Saint to be a heretic or a pious journalist.
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Peter Fehlner wrote and spoke in support of the fifth Marian Dogma, the Blessed Virgin Mary's roles as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate.