Donald Senior

Donald Senior, C.P., is the former president of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, where he has taught the New Testament since 1972. A Roman Catholic priest of the Passionist order, Fr. Senior has served on the Pontifical Biblical Commission since Pope John Paul II named him to it in 2001. In addition to having written books and articles too numerous to list, Fr. Senior is general editor of "The Bible Today" and "The Catholic Study Bible", as well as coeditor of the 22-volume commentary New Testament Message. He earned his doctorate in New Testament Studies from the University of Louvain, Belgium, and completed further graduate studies at Hebrew Union College and Harvard University. In 1994, the Catholic Library Association gave him its Jerome Award for outstanding scholarship. In 1996, the National Catholic Educational Association awarded him the Bishop Loras Lane Award for his outstanding contribution to theological education.