Mauro Jöhri (born 1 September 1947 in Bivio, Graubünden, Switzerland) is a Swiss Roman Catholic friar and theologian. He was the Minister General of the

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...

, having served from 2006 to 2018 (following re-election in 2012). He is also a Professor of Theology. Father Jöhri is fluent in German, Romansh, French and Italian, the four languages of Switzerland. He joined his order in 1964 as a novice, and studied Theology at the order's seminary in

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. He was ordained a priest in 1972, and continued his studies in

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and

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, where he earned a doctorate with a dissertation on the work of

Hans Urs von Balthasar Hans Urs von Balthasar (12 August 1905 – 26 June 1988) was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who is considered an important Catholic theologian of the 20th century. He was announced as his choice to become a cardinal by Pope John Paul II ...

. In the following years, he lived in the monastery of

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in Locarno, where he was active as a teacher. Subsequently, he taught

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and fundamental theology at the theological seminary in Chur, and served as a Professor of Theology at the University of Lugano. He became the minister provincial of the Swiss branch of his order in 1995. He also undertook studies at the ''Institut de formation humaine intégrale'' in

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, before returning to his post as provincial superior, eventually being elected as minister general in 2006.

Publications

* ''Descensus Dei: teologia della croce nell'opera di Hans Urs von Balthasar.'' Roma: Libr. Ed. della Pontificia Univ. Lateranense 1981 (dissertation, Lucerne, 1980) * ''Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988): eine katholische "dialektische Theologie".'' In: Stephan Leimgruber und Max Schoch (ed.): ''Gegen die Gottvergessenheit: Schweizer Theologen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.'' Basel: Herder 1990, pp. 420–439

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