Cristóbal Emilfork Diaz, SJ
Cristóbal is a Jesuit priest from Chile. Prior to joining Campion Hall, he was studying for an MA in Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chine (PUC).
His research interest is in the interconnection between environment and religion. Specifically, he explores how religion can become a factor that generates certain ethic dispositions toward the conversion (or no conversion) of our daily ecological practices, with a view to cementing a different relationship, taking into account the impact of climate change, with both the human and non-human world.
Alex Ezechukwu, OCD
Alex hails from Nigeria and has been living in Europe for the last twenty years. He was ordained a Catholic priest of the Discalced Carmelite Order ten years ago and has since served in various capacities of his religious Order – teaching and spiritual formation, economic administration, and governance at the local and provincial levels.
For his doctoral research, he hopes to focus on the Gospel of John. He is particularly interested in biblical spirituality and its connection with the mystical teachings of the saints and mystics of his religious Order. His research will investigate the connection between Sabbath rest in the Gospel of John and mystical contemplation in the light of the writings of John of the Cross.
Joel Gutteridge
Joel’s DPhil explores the limits of analytic theology and philosophical explanations of the doctrine. Before joining Campion Hall, he completed an MPhil in Philosophical Theology at Worcester College, where he also studied Philosophy and Theology as an undergraduate. His move to the Hall was motivated primarily by the remarkable sense of community he countered in the seminars he began attending last year.
Between his undergraduate and graduate studies, he spent a year helping to create and implement a programme whereby government subsidies are directed towards helping the children of lower-income families access additional educational resources and teaching.
Andrew Hochstedler, OFM Conv.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Andrew joined the Franciscan Conventuals in Istanbul in 2008, and did his novitiate and seminary studies in Italy, spending time in both Assisi and Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2017 and then pursued an MA in Early Christian Studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Having completed his MSt in Syriac Studies at Oxford, his doctoral research examines the historical development of the early Syriac cult of Mary. He is interested in the way that the rich, but often neglected, Syriac sources about the Virgin can shed light on Mary’s place in both the Byzantine and Islamic traditions.
Carl Scerri
Carl joins Campion Hall from the island of Malta. He is a Catholic priest, ordained in 2017, and has spent the last three years studying theology and philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris and the Sorbonne.
At Oxford he is reading for an MSt in Modern Theology. He considers his stay in Oxford as a great opportunity for his theological journey. He says, “I am sure that the diversity and the intellectual richness that characterise this university and this city will challenge me to abandon my theological comfort zones and to practice a theology which tirelessly attempts to build bridges with other sciences and doesn’t fear stepping into the unknown.”
Artur Suski
Artur was born in Poland and raised in Canada. He completed his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at McMaster University (Hamilton), after which he discovered that the sciences were not for him. He decided to pursue the humanities instead. He completed a post-graduate philosophy degree at the University of Toronto, and subsequently a Master of Divinity, also at the University of Toronto (Regis College). It was during his MDiv that he discovered his love for the study of the Scriptures, and went on to complete a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
He is currently working on his DPhil at Oxford University with Professor Jennifer Strawbridge (Mansfield College) on the reception history of Romans 7:21 - 8:2 in Ante-Nicene writings. Artur has a broad range of interests including tennis, which he played at the varsity level.
