Biography
Fr. John Kohler was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1980, and moved with his family to Calgary to finish high school. After completing a degree in philosophy at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto (2004), he began studies at St. Joseph Seminary and Newman Theological College. Fr. John was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Calgary in 2010 and he served as an assistant at St. Albert the Great parish (Calgary) and All Saints parish (Lethbridge). He was sent for further studies in Rome and obtained a licence in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2015. He then returned to his diocese as an assistant at St. Mary’s Cathedral. In 2016 he was appointed as a member of the formation team at St. Joseph Seminary and as an instructor at Newman Theological College. In 2020 he commenced doctoral studies in Biblical Theology, again at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and he completed his program in 2024.
Education
- B.A. University of Toronto
- M.Div. Newman Theological College
- S.T.L. Biblical Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
- S.T.D. Biblical Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University
Courses Taught
- Pauline Literature
- Psalms and Wisdom Literature
- Biblical Greek
- Prophets
- Introduction to the Sacred Scriptures
Publications
- Remembrance and Belief: An Exegetical and Theological Study of “Remembrance” in John 2:13-22 (Pont. Univ. Greg. 2015)
- The Liberating Role of Christ in the Unveiling of the Covenant: An Exegetical-Theological Study of 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 and Galatians 4:21–5:1 (Pont. Univ. Greg. 2024)