Francis J. Moloney, SDB, AM, FAHA, was born in Melbourne in 1940, and joined the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1959. He was ordained a Priest in 1970. An alumnus of Melbourne University, the Salesian Pontifical University (STL: 1970), the Pontifical Biblical Institute (SSL: 1972), and the University of Oxford (D. Phil.: 1976). He has honorary doctorates from St Mary University and Seminary, Baltimore (STD: 2005), and Australian Catholic University (D. Univ.: 2011). He was a member of the International Theological Commission to the Holy See (1984-2002), and is a member of the Order of Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is widely published (over 50 books and 100 journal articles). He has held major academic positions at Catholic Theological College (Melbourne), the Salesian Pontifical University (Rome), Australian Catholic University, and the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC). From 2006-2011 he was the Provincial Superior