Jesuit priest father mitch pacwa biography
Jesuit priest father mitch pacwa biography
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Mitch Pacwa
American Priest
Mitchell Pacwa (born July 27, 1949) is an American Jesuit priest. He is president and founder of Ignatius Productions and the senior fellow of the St.
Paul Center for Biblical Theology.[1]
Education
Pacwa completed high school at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in 1967 with the intention of becoming a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago.[2] He decided that he wanted to be a Jesuit in high school and was accepted after his freshman year at Loyola University Chicago.
He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and theology from University of Detroit Mercy and was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1976. He later completed Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in Old Testament from Vanderbilt University.[3]
He is an accomplished linguist, speaking several ancient languages including La