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Richard F. Costigan, SJ
Ph.D., Theology, University of Ottowa

Specialty: Historical Theology
Research Interests: History of Ecclesiology and ecclesio-political development; Papacy; Councils; Religio-political controversy


Richard Costigan, SJ is an Associate Professor of Theology with a specialty of the works in the history of ecclesiology and ecclesio-political development. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Ottawa in Canada and an MA in Political Science from Yale University. His publications include: Rohrbacher and the Ecclesiology of Ultramontanism (Rome: Georgian University Press, 1980); he has had numerous articles published in Theological Studies.