Peter L'Estrange

Peter John L'Estrange, AO, is an Australian Jesuit priest and historian. He was the Master of Campion Hall at the University of Oxford in England until 2008.

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Career

L'Estrange was educated at St Aloysius College, Sydney. In 1966 he was both school captain and dux, the title conferred on the boy achieving the highest marks in public examinations. From 1981 until 1983 he was the Roman Catholic chaplain to the University of Queensland.[1]

He undertook graduate study at Campion Hall, Oxford and in 1991 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) for his thesis, The nineteenth-century British Jesuits, with special reference to their relations with the vicars apostolic and the bishops.

L'Estrange currently resides in Washington, DC where he works at Georgetown University.

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References

  1. ^ "UQ recipients in Australia Day Honours List". 27 January 2010. http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=20468. 

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