Peter Elliott
MA (Melb) MA (Oxon) STD (Lateran) Department of Systematic Theology
Most Rev. Dr Peter Elliott is a member of the Department of Systematic Theology. He lectures in the theology of the Sacrament of Marriage. He is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
The undergraduate units he teaches include:
- CD256/356 Marriage (10 points)
Peter Elliott holds a Master of Arts in History from the University of Melbourne, a Masters of Arts in Theology from the University of Oxford, and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University (Rome), with a thesis on the Sacramentality of Christian Marriage.
He is the Episcopal Vicar for Religious Education in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, and the Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in East Melbourne, where he lectures on the Theology of Marriage and the Family. He has been an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family in Rome (1987-97), and is the General Editor of the Melbourne Archdiocese’s religious education texts, “To Know, Worship and Love.” In 2004 he was named a Prelate of Honour in recognition of his work in Religious Education.
His main academic interests are the theology of marriage and family, and liturgy. Among his publications are Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite (rev. ed. 2005), and What God has Joined: The Sacramentality of Marriage (1990).
Contact: Email Peter Elliott
His main academic interests are the theology of marriage and family, and liturgy. Among his publications are Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite (rev. ed. 2005), and What God has Joined: The Sacramentality of Marriage (1990).
Contact: Email Peter Elliott