Qualifications

• Licentiate in Sacred Scripture, Pontifical Biblical Institute (2018)
• Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology, Catholic Institute of Sydney (2011)
• Laurea in Storia delle Società Culturali dal Medioevo all’Età Contemporanea [Bachelor of Arts – History], Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” (2002)

Areas of Research Interests

Pauline Letters, Acts of the Apostles, Rhetorical Analysis

Personal

My academic career began in 1998, with the study of Modern History, first at the University of Bologna and then at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, with a research focus on Italian refugees from Istria and Dalmatia after WWII. It was at this point that I began formation with a missionary seminary, leading to my eventual ordination as a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney in 2011. During my seminary formation, I studied at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, where I earned my Baccalaureate of Sacred Theology in 2011. In the same year, I was appointed curate of St Christopher’s parish, Panania. In 2014 I was sent by the then Archbishop of Sydney, the late George Cardinal Pell, to study Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. I was awarded the Licence in 2018, and then completed the year of doctoral preparation. Since 2020, I have been busy writing my doctoral thesis, which is nearing completion. The thesis topic is a study of adoption in the Eulogia of the first chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians. After a lengthy period in Rome, I returned to Sydney in 2023 and began teaching at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.