Rev Dr Sean Fernandez

BTh SThL SThD
Senior Lecturer

Email: sean.fernandez@nd.edu.au
Phone: 08 9433 0138

• Biography

  Fr Sean was born in Singapore and immigrated to Australia in 1985. He took a Bachelor of Theology from Flinders University of South Australia while studying for the priesthood at St Francis Xavier Seminary. After he was ordained to the priesthood in 1994 he worked in parishes for three years before being sent to Rome. There he read for a Licence in Theology specialising in Fundamental Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He then took a Doctorate in Theology at the Gregorian. The doctoral thesis was on an aspect of Trinitarian theology. The thesis was developed while residing at Magdalene College. Fr Sean was a member of the faculty of theology at the Gregorian University. Fr Sean is dean and administrator of St Mary's Cathedral, Perth.

• Teaching areas

  Fundamental Theology - Revelation, Faith, reason, culture
  Dogmatic Theology - Trinity

• Research expertise and supervision

  Trinity, Karl Rahner, John Henry Newman, St Thomas Aquinas, Nicholas Lash, Herbert McCabe, Cornelius Ernst.

• Journal articles and proceedings

  Article in According to your Word. Proceedings of a Conference held at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome to honour Desmond Cardinal Connell on his Eightieth Birthday. Dublin: 2007

• In the media

  Series of articles for The Record

• Community engagement

  Professional Development for various Catholic schools and the Catechist Service at the Catholic Education Office WA.