Diarmaid MacCulloch

The Reverend Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FSA FRHistS FBA
MacCulloch in 2007
Born	Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (1951-10-31) 31 October 1951 (age 65) Kent, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Churchill College, Cambridge
Occupation	Historian
Employer	University of Oxford
Notable work	The Reformation: A History (2003) A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (2009)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (2012)

Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch, Kt, FSA, FRHistS, FBA (born 31 October 1951) is a British historian and academic, specialising in church history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was formerly the senior tutor. Since 1997, he has been Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford.

Though ordained a deacon in the Church of England, MacCulloch declined ordination to the priesthood because of the church's attitude to his homosexuality. In 2009 he encapsulated the evolution of his religious beliefs: "I was brought up in the presence of the Bible, and I remember with affection what it was like to hold a dogmatic position on the statements of Christian belief. I would now describe myself as a candid friend of Christianity."

He co-edits the Journal of Ecclesiastical History.

Diarmaid MacCulloch was born in Kent, England. He attended Hillcroft Preparatory School and Stowmarket Grammar school in Suffolk. He subsequently studied history at Churchill College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA degree in 1972; this was promoted to an MA degree 1976. During that period, he was also organ scholar at the college. He then completed a Diploma in Archive Administration at Liverpool University in 1973 and then returned to Cambridge to complete a PhD degree in 1977 on Tudor history under the supervision of Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, combining this with a position as Junior Research Fellow at Churchill College.