Senior Fellow
Head, Department of Church History
Department of Pastoral and General Studies

Rev. Dr Austin Cooper is a Senior Fellow of Catholic Theological College and Head of the Department of Church History.  He lectures in Church History and Christian Spirituality.  He is a priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (omi).

The undergraduate units he teaches include:

The postgraduate units he teaches include:

He also coordinates the units:

Austin Cooper holds a Master of Arts from the Catholic University of America and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Monash University.

He was the first Master of Catholic Theological College and served two furthers terms as Master (1972-76; 1992-94; 1998-2002). He was also President of the Melbourne College of Divinity (1975-77), and Provincial of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (1976-83).  He has taught Reformation History and Christian Spirituality at Monash University, and English Spirituality at Trinity College in the University of Melbourne, and at the Centre for Christian Spirituality, Randwick NSW.  

His main academic interests are the Oxford Movement and the English tradition of spirituality.  He has published works on Julian of Norwich and The Cloud of Unknowing and many articles on modern history and the history of English Spirituality.  

In 2004 he was made a Member in the Order of Australia (AM) for services to theological education.

Contact: Email Austin Cooper