The Bede Professor of Catholic Theology is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at
Durham University. The chair is named after the
Venerable Bede
Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...
and is the first such post at a secular British University. The chair was established in 2008, following a benefaction of £2,000,000 from the
Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle,
Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They a ...
,
Sisters of La Retraite and the
Ballinger Charitable Trust.
The holder of the Bede chair acts as a theological advisor to the
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle and undertakes outreach work on behalf of the Diocese and thus one of the requirements of the post holder is to be a practicing Catholic.
List of Bede Professors
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Lewis Ayres (2009 to 2012)
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Karen Kilby (2014 to present)
See also
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Durham University
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Van Mildert Professor of Divinity
The Van Mildert Professor of Divinity is one of the oldest chairs at Durham University. The chair is named in honour of Bishop William Van Mildert, one of the founders of the university. The holder of the Van Mildert chair, which is jointly funded ...
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Lightfoot Professor of Divinity
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St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice
References
Catholic Theology, Bede
Catholic Theology, Bede
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