Fernando Preckler Guillén, Sch.P.

Fernando Guillén Preckler, Sch.P. (1941–2018) was a Spanish Piarist priest, theologian, and professor who taught theology and philosophy in Spain, Mexico, Senegal, Cameroon, and the Philippines. Born in Barcelona, he earned a licentiate in Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where his doctoral dissertation, “État” chez le cardinal de Bérulle, was published in 1974. He served as professor and formator in the Piarist Order and taught at the Loyola School of Theology, Maryhill School of Theology, and the Institute for Consecrated Life in Asia in the Philippines. His scholarship ranged across spirituality, mission, theology, and religious life. His principal publications include Bérulle aujourd’hui (1978), Redemptoris missio: Juan Pablo II, una lectura escolapia (1992), El arte espiritual (2010), To Live in Prayer (2011), Dieu dans la littérature africaine (2012), and Following the Footsteps of St. Paul (2012).