{{Short description|English Jesuit priest and theologian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} '''Edward Yarnold''' SJ (14 January 1926 – 23 July 2002) was an English Jesuit priest and theologian who was Master of Campion Hall from 1965 to 1972 at the University of Oxford.
==Life== Yarnold was born in Kingston-upon-Thames and brought up in Leeds where he attended St Michael's College.<ref name=Indy>''The Independent on Sunday'' 15 August 2002, Obituaries: The Rev Edward Yarnold</ref><ref name=UQ>{{cite web|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=13318|title=Death of Fr Edward Yarnold SJ, distinguished theologian|access-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413160304/http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=13318|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1943, Yarnold became a member of the Society of Jesus at St Beuno's, North Wales. He then studied classics at Campion Hall in Oxford and philosophy and theology at Heythrop College. In 1960, he was ordained as a priest and then taught Latin and Greek at his former school, St Michael's. In 1964 he returned to the University of Oxford and from 1965 he held the office of Master of Campion Hall for 12 years until 1972.<ref name=Indy/><ref name=UQ/> He died in Oxford on 23 July 2002.<ref name=Indy/>
==Functions== * Master of Campion Hall (1965–1972) * Chairman of the University Faculty Board of Theology * President of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain (1986–1988) * General editor of the ''Theology Today'' series * Co-editor of ''The Study of Liturgy'' * Member of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary
==List of works== * ''The Theology of Original Sin'' (Fides Publishers, 1971) {{ISBN|9780853422785}} * ''The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation'' (1972, 1994)<ref name =UQ2>{{cite web|url=http://www.litpress.org/Detail.aspx?ISBN=081462281X|title= Liturgical Press}}</ref> {{ISBN|9780567292438}} * ''The Study of Liturgy'', co-editor (1978) * ''They Are in Earnest: Christian Unity in the Statements of Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II'' (1982) {{ISBN|9780854392124}} * ''Eight Days With The Lord'' (1984) * ''The Study of Spirituality'', co-editor (1986) * ''In Search of Unity'' (1989) {{ISBN|9780814619209}} * ''Time For God: Guidelines for a Full-Time or Part-Time Retreat'' (1991) * ''Anglicans and Roman Catholics in Search of Unity'', co-editor (1994)<ref name=UQ3>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/334670.Edward_Yarnold |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216043350/http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/334670.Edward_Yarnold |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-16 |title=Books by Edward Yarnold }}</ref>
==Award== In 1981, Yarnold was awarded the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury for his contribution to ecumenism.<ref name =UQ4>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/ricky_yarnell/webtext/FrEdwardSJbio.htm |title= Biography of Edward Yarnold}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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