Dr. Josep-Ignasi Saranyana i Closa

Dr. JOSEP-IGNASI SARANYANA

• Born in Barcelona, 1941.

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• Ordained priest in 1968, incardinated in the Prelature of Opus Dei.
• Political and Economic Sciences at the Universities of Barcelona and Complutense of Madrid.
• Institutional studies in Theology at the Roman College of the Holy Cross.
• PhD in Theology (University of Navarra), 1972.
• PhD in Philosophy and Letters, Philosophy Section (Pontifical University of Salamanca), 1997.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Research Scientist at the CSIC, Francisco Suárez Institute, Madrid (1979).
• Full Professor of History of Theology at the University of Navarra (1987).
• Member “in carica” of the Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche (Vatican City) since 1999.
• Emeritus Professor at the University of Navarra (2011).
• Emeritus Member of the Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche (2021).
• Has supervised 69 doctoral theses in Theology, Philosophy and Church History.
• Founder and first Director of the journal Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia (1992–2010). Currently Honorary Director.
• Emeritus Academician of the Royal European Academy of Doctors – Barcelona 1914.
• Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of History (Madrid).
• Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of History (Mexico).
• Corresponding Member of the Colombian Academy of Ecclesiastical History (Bogotá).
• Corresponding Member of the Colombian Academy (Bogotá).
• Corresponding Member of the National Academy of History (Lima).
• Corresponding Member of the Puerto Rican Academy of History (San Juan, PR).
• Corresponding Member of the Balearic Institute of History (Palma de Mallorca).
• Monthly columnist for La Vanguardia (Barcelona, 2001–2015).
• His research focuses on the history of medieval and Renaissance philosophy and theology, as well as the history of theology in Latin America.

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of 26 books.
• Translator of 5 books (from English and Latin into Spanish).
• Editor of 14 collective volumes.
• 418 research works published in scientific journals and collective works.
• 17 entries in specialized dictionaries.
• 26 prologues, introductions and book presentations.
• Book reviews in journals from Spain, Italy, Germany and Belgium.
• Member of the Advisory Board of scientific journals in Spain, Germany, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

• Silver Medal of the University of Navarra (1995).
• São Bento Medal for Theological Studies (Rio de Janeiro, 2002).