Richard R. Gaillardetz

Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz holds the Joseph Chair of Catholic Systematic Theology at Boston College and is the current department chair. He has published numerous articles and has authored or edited thirteen books, including "An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism" and "Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II" (co-authored with Catherine Clifford), both published by Liturgical Press. Dr. Gaillardetz previously taught at the University of Toledo from 2001 to 2011 as the Thomas and Margaret Murray and James J. Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo, and at the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Theology in Houston from 1991 to 2001. He received a BA in humanities from the University of Texas, an MA in biblical theology from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, and both an MA and PhD from the University of Notre Dame in systematic theology. Dr. Gaillardetz has been a delegate on the US Catholic-Methodist Ecumenical Dialogue and served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America between 2013 and 2014.