Petroc Willey

Dr. Petroc Willey has been the Director of the Catechetical Institute and Head of the Office of Catechetics at Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2014. He worshipped at his local Anglican Church in Kent for many years before being received in the Catholic Church in 1985. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Divinity from King’s College in London and a doctorate in Philosophy from Liverpool University. After teaching at Plater College in Oxford, he moved in 1992 to the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham where he was Deputy Director for Academic Affairs and subsequently Dean of Graduate Research. While there, he completed the STL at Maynooth and a further doctorate in Philosophy at the Lateran. Petroc is married to Katherine and has four children.