Fr. Thomas Joseph White, OP

Biography

Fr. Thomas Joseph White is a Dominican priest and Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome. Originally a native of southeastern Georgia in the US, he did his doctoral studies in theology at Oxford University, and is the author of various books and articles including Wisdom in the Face of Modernity, A Thomistic Study in Natural Theology (Sapientia Press, 2016), The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (The Catholic University of America Press, 2015), The Trinity: On the Nature and Mystery of the One God (Catholic University of America Press, 2022), Principles of Catholic Theology Book III: On God, Trinity, Creation, and Christ (Catholic University of America Press, 2024) and Contemplation and the Cross (The Catholic University of America Press, 2025). With Matthew Levering, he is the co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera. In 2011, he was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and in 2019 was named a Distinguished Scholar of the McDonald Agape Foundation. In 2022, he was granted an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of America, and in 2023, he was elected President of the Academy of Catholic Theology. In 2023, Fr. White was also awarded the title Master of Sacred Theology, one of the highest academic awards in the Dominican Order.