C. John McCloskey

C. John McCloskey, III is a Catholic priest of Opus Dei. He is the former director of the Catholic Information Center of the Archdiocese of Washington. He worked on Wall Street - Citibank and Merrill Lynch - for some years before becoming a priest, being ordained in 1981 by Roger Cardinal Etchegaray.

He is known for a controversial tenure as an associate chaplain for Princeton University, and for his role in converting a number of influential American public figures to Roman Catholicism, such as Sam Brownback, Robert Novak and Bernard Nathanson.

Education

• BA (1975) in Economics, Columbia University
• seminary work, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
• Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD), University of Navarra

Activities

• Advisor, Christendom College
• Advisor, Coming Home Network
• Advisor, Single Catholics
• U.S. representative for the ecclesastical faculty, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
• U.S. representative for the ecclesastical faculty, University of Navarra

References and external links

• A critical discussion about the writings of McCloskey in the context of an analysis of anti-Opus Dei point of view
• Quotes from Father McCloskey a critical point of view about the writings of McCloskey