It is with great sadness that the CTSA announces the death of long-standing CTSA member Gerard Mannion, Chair in Catholic Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University and a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center, who passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019.
Gerard Mannion was the founding chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network and president of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (2017-Present). He was published widely in the fields of ecclesiology, ethics, and public theology, as well as in other fields of systematic theology and philosophy. His numerous books include Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda (2017), Where We Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century (ed., 2015), and The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church (2008, ed. with Lewis Mudge). He was also editor of the Bloomsbury Publishing series "Ecclesiological Investigations" and series editor, with Oxford University’s Mark Chapman, of Palgrave Macmillan’s “Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue” series.
Gerard Mannion came to Georgetown from the University of San Diego, where he was professor of theology and director of the Center for Catholic Thought and Culture. He previously held academic posts at the universities of Oxford, Leeds, Liverpool and Leuven (Belgium). He has also held visiting professorships at the University of Tübingen, the Dominican Institute of Theology/St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto and Chichester University.
Gerard Mannion received a B.A. from King’s College at Cambridge University, followed by a M.St. and a D.Phil. from New College at Oxford University.
We keep Gerard, his family and friends, and all of Georgetown in our thoughts and prayers.
Eternal rest grant to Gerard, O Lord;
and let light perpetual shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls
of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Note: Text provided courtesy of Georgetown University
