A Unique International Faculty

Ordinary Professors


Prof. DDr. Bernhard Dolna

- President and Rector
- Professor for Ecumenical and Jewish Studies
- Dr. theol., University of Freiburg, 1999
- Dr. phil., University of Vienna, 2022
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae

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Prof. Dr. habil. Michael Wladika

- Vice-Rector and Dean      
- STD Program Director      
- BA & STM Program Director (interim)      
- Professor of Philosophy      
- Mag. phil. 1991, Dr. phil. 1995, habilitation 2004, University of Vienna      
- Married, 6 children      
- curriculum vitae


Prof. Dr. habil. Michaela C. Hastetter

- MOOS Program Director
- Professor of Pastoral Theology and Religious Pedagogy
- PD, Aristoteles-University Thessaloniki, 2019
- Apl. Univ.-Prof., Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, 2018
- Habil., Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, 2011
- Dr. Theol., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2006
- curriculum vitae


Extraordinary Professors


Rev. Prof. Dr. habil. Josef Spindelböck

- Professor of Moral Theology
- Dr. theol., University of Vienna, 1993; Habilitation University of Lublin, 2004
- priest
curriculum vitae


Rev. Prof. Dr. Jean-Yves Brachet OP

- STL Program Director
- Professor for Moral Theology and Social Ethics
- Doctor in S. Theol. of Marriage and Family, Internationales Akademisches Institut "Mater Ecclesiae Domesticae" für Studien über Ehe und Familie (MEDO-Instituut), Kerkrade, Netherlands, 1994
- Priest
- curriculum vitae


Associate Professors


Dr. Gundula Harand

- Associate Professor for Fundamental and Spiritual Theology
- Dr. theol., Religious Studies, University of Graz, Austria, 1998
curriculum vitae 


Dr. Andrei I. Gotia

- Associate Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Sources; Areas of Expertise: Latin and Greek
- PhD, Classics, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2005.
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Dr. Vincent DeMeo

- Studium Generale Program Director
- Associate Professor for New Testament
- STD, Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, 2012; STL, International Theological Institute, 2005
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae


Dr. Timothy Kelly

- Associate Professor for Dogmatic Theology   
- STL, International Theological Institute, 2003; Dr. theol, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2011;   
- Married, 5 children;   
- curriculum vitae 


Rev. Dr. habil. Martin Mayerhofer FSO

- Associate Professor of Patristics and Church History
- Habilitation, University of Vienna, 2021
- STD, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2011
- Priest
- curriculum vitae

 


Dr. Simon Maria Kopf

- Associate Professor of Fundamental Theology
- Areas of expertise: Science & Theology, Providence and Divine Action
- Welcomes enquiries from prospective STL and STD candidates
- DPhil, University of Oxford, 2019
- Research Project "Alternative Concepts of God and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives" (2023-24)
- Married, 1 child
curriculum vitae

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Prof. Dr. Gintautas Vaitoska

- MMF Program Director; Professor for Studies on Marriage and Family
- STD, Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University, 2022; STL, International Theological Institute, Trumau, 2003; MTS, John Paul II Institute, Washington, D. C., 1995; MD, psychiatry, Vilnius University, 1984
- Married, 1 child
- curriculum vitae


Prof. DDr. John R. Mortensen

- Professor of Theology
- President of the Aquinas Institute for the Study of Sacred Doctrine
- STD & PhD, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome; STL & STM, International Theological Institute, Gaming; BA, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA.
- Married, 9 children
- curriculum vitae


Visiting Professors


Rev. Prof. Dr. Thomas Möllenbeck

- Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology
- Habilitation University of Vienna, 2015
- Dr. theol. Theological Faculty Paderborn, 2005
- priest
curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr.  Federico Colautti

- Areas of Expertise: Biblical theology
- STD, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2001
- Priest   
curriculum vitae


Dr. Christiaan Alting von Geusau, J.D., LL.M

- Professor of Law and Education (on sabbatical)
- Areas of Expertise: Human rights, foundations of law, education
- Dr. iur. in Philosophy of Law at University of Vienna, 2012, LL.M. University of Heidelberg, 1997, J.D. University of Leiden, 1996
- Married, 5 children
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Lecturers


Very Rev. Yuriy Kolasa

- Head of Formation Program for Seminarians, Religious Men, Deacon Candidates and Priests
- Areas of Expertise:  Patristics, Theology of Marriage and Family
- STL, International Theological Institute, 2007
- Byzantine Rite priest, Married, 4 children 
curriculum vitae


Rev. Joseph Bolin

- Areas of Expertise: Dogmatic Theology
- STL, International Theological Institute, Austria, 2007
- Priest   
curriculum vitae


PD. Dr. habil. Ephräm Givi Lomidze

- Lecturer of Ancient Church History and Patristics
- Head of St. Ephrem Scientific Center for Orient&Occident-Studies (STEP)
- Habilitation, University of Vienna, 2021
- Doctorate, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 2014
- Hieromonk of Georgian-Orthodox Church
- curriculum vitae


Rev. Dr. Johannes Cornides

- Lecturer for Liturgy
- Doctor of Theology (STD), International Theological Institute
- Priest and member of the Community of the Beatitudes


Dr. Martin Kugler

- Areas of Expertise: Rhetorics and Communication, Contemporary History and Political Science, Public Relations 
- Mag.phil. and Dr. phil. at the University of Graz (1992), Research Fellow at the University PUSC in Rome (Universitá della Santa Croce), Faculty for Social and Institutional Communication (200/2001)
- Married, 4 children
curriculum vitae


Dr. Iryna Lyko

- Areas of expertise: Economics and management
- Dipl.- Ing. and Ph.D with a focus on economics and management, National Forestry University of Ukraine / Lviv Polytechnic National University
- Married, 4 children
- curriculum vitae