John O'Malley

American Jesuit priest and professor of theology (1927–2022)

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Lived 1927–2022, aged 95United States
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    1927–2022
    Aged 95
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    The Man Who Knew Too M…
    1956
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Updated 2026-06-15

John William O'Malley was an American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest. He was a university professor at Georgetown University, housed in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. O'Malley was a widely published expert on the religious history of Early Modern Europe, with specialities on the Council of Trent, the Second Vatican Council, and the First Vatican Council.

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  • Henry Allen Moe Prize
  • Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History
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