Edward Neal Peters (born 1957) is an American Roman Catholic canonist and serves as a referendary of the

Apostolic Signatura The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura () is the highest judicial authority in the Catholic Church (apart from the pope himself, who as supreme ecclesiastical judge is the final point of appeal for any ecclesiastical judgment). In additio ...

(an advisor/consultant to the Holy See's top tribunal). He is professor of canon law at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Detroit.Vatican Information Service
accessed June 10, 2013

Early life and education

Peters was born in 1957 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended the Chaminade College Preparatory School from 1970 to 1975. He attended

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

, majoring in political science, graduating in 1979.Profile
canonlaw.info; accessed May 11, 2014. He earned his

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

degree from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1982, during the third year of which he was a teaching assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Program for Tate Hall. After graduation, Peters was admitted to the Missouri Bar Association.

Professional career

In 1988, Peters earned his Licentiate of Canon Law degree from the

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

School of Canon Law The School of Canon Law is the only faculty of Catholic canon law in the United States. It is one of the twelve schools at The Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C.1983 Code of Canon Law The 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title ''Codex Iuris Canonici''), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the second and current comp ...

", in August 1991. Over the next twelve years, Peters served as director of the Office for Canonical Affairs, vice-chancellor and chancellor, Defender of the Bond, and collegial judge for diocesan and appellate tribunals for the dioceses of Duluth and San Diego. From May 2001, Peters taught at the (Graduate) Institute for Pastoral Theology in

Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...

, Michigan. In 2005, he was appointed to the Cardinal Szoka Chair of Canon Law at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. In 2010, he was named a referendary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura by Pope Benedict XVI, a consultant, becoming the first layman appointed to that post since the re-establishment of the Signatura early in the 20th century.

Works

*1988: ''Home Schooling & the New Code of Canon Law'' (Brownson studies) *1997: ''100 Answers to Your Questions on Annulments'' (a Basilica Press "Modern Apologetics" Book) *2000: ''Tabulae congruentiae inter Codicem iuris canonici et versiones anteriores canonum'' *2001: ''The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law: in English Translation with Extensive Scholarly Apparatus'' *2004: ''Annulments and the Catholic Church'' *2005: ''Incrementa in progressu 1983 Codicis iuris canonici'' *2006: ''Excommunication and the Catholic Church'' *2008: ''A Modern Guide to Indulgences''

References

External links

*SHMS.edu
"Dr. Edward Peters Biography"
*CanonLaw.info (personal website)
In the Light of the Law
(personal blog) {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Edward N. 1957 births Living people 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American bloggers American male bloggers American male non-fiction writers American Roman Catholic religious writers Canon law jurists Catholic University of America alumni Catholics from Missouri Date of birth missing (living people) Lawyers from St. Louis Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty Saint Louis University alumni University of Missouri alumni Writers from St. Louis Catholic University of America School of Canon Law alumni Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri) alumni 20th-century American male writers