Alban McCoy
British Catholic writer and priest
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Fr. Alban McCoy OFM Conv is a British Catholic writer and priest.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceProvince of Westminster
DioceseDiocese of East Anglia
In office2013 to present
The Reverend Fr Alban McCoy | |
|---|---|
| Praelector of St Edmund's College, Cambridge | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Province | Province of Westminster |
| Diocese | Diocese of East Anglia |
| In office | 2013 to present |
| Other posts | Chaplain to the University of Cambridge; Dean of St Edmund's College, Cambridge |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1975 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1951 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | |
McCoy is the author of An Intelligent Person's Guide to Christian Ethics (2004) and An Intelligent Person's Guide to Catholicism (2005, new ed. 2008).[1] Since 1995, he has been the religious books editor of The Tablet.[2]
From 2000 to 2013, he was the Catholic chaplain to the University of Cambridge,[3] and then served as Dean (and Acting Dean) of St Edmund's College until 2020.[4]
He is currently Praelector and Wine Steward of St Edmund's College, Cambridge and Visiting Professor at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences in Lima.[4]
