Monsignor James A. Supple Chair of Catholic Studies Lecture - Priestly Celibacy in the Catholic Church: Origins, History, and Future

David G. Hunter, Professor of Religious Studies, holds the Monsignor James Supple Chair of Catholic Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Dr. Hunter received a doctorate in theology from the University of Notre Dame. For fifteen years Hunter taught at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has published numerous scholarly articles and several books including Marriage in the Early Church,