April 3, 1998

Father Timothy Scott

Father Timothy Scott (csb) has been appointed president of St. Joseph's College. Most Rev. Joseph N. MacNeil, Archbishop of Edmonton and Chair of the Board of St. Joseph's College, made the announcement recently. Scott replaces Father George Smith, who is now general councillor of the Congregation of Priests of St. Basil in Toronto.

A native of Regina, Scott graduated with a French literature BA (University of Saskatchewan) and MA (McGill University) before moving into theological studies. He trained at the Toronto School of Theology and the Facult? catholique in Lyons, France. Scott was ordained in 1984, served as campus minister at the U of A, then completed graduate work in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he received a licentiate, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In addition, Scott holds a doctorate in biblical theology from Rome's Gregorian University, is a member of the Catholic Biblical Association and Society of Biblical Literature.

For the past two years, Scott has lectured at St. Joseph's College and Newman Theological College and published articles on pastoral and homiletic themes.

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