J. Bryan Hehir

Joseph Bryan Hehir (born 1940) is an Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Hehir was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984.[1]

The Reverend J. Bryan Hehir
Born	1940 (age 80–81) Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship (1984)
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Church	Latin Church
Ordained	1966 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	Saint John's Seminary Harvard University
Thesis	The Ethics of Intervention (1976)
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Christian ethics
Institutions	Georgetown University Harvard University

Career

Hehir serves as the Secretary for Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. He is also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Hehir was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at the Harvard Divinity School.[2]

In 2004, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.[3]

References

1. "MacArthur Fellows / Meet the Class of March 1984. Bryan Hehir Religion and Foreign Policy Scholar". MacArthur Foundation. 1 March 1984. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
2. "J. Bryan Hehir". Harvard University. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. "Recipients | The Laetare Medal". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2 August 2020.