Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992

Born 30 July 1905 in Illinois, Monsignor Ellis received his A.B. from St. Viator College in 1927 and his A.M. and Ph. D. from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in 1928 and 1930 respectively. He taught at St. Viator, 1930-1932, and the College of St. Theresa, 1932-1934, before returning to CUA to enter the Sulpician Seminary. Ordained a priest in 1938, he also became an Instructor in the CUA history department. In 1947 he became ordinary professor of church history. In addition to teaching, in 1941 he became managing editor of the Catholic historical review as well as secretary (later president) of the American Catholic Historical Association. Beginning in 1964, he taught at San Francisco, Brown, and Notre Dame universities; the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley; and the Gregorian and Angelicum universities in Rome. Returning to CUA in 1976, he taught in both the theology and church history departments until suffering a stroke in 1989. In 1989, Pope John Paul II made him a Prothonotary Apostolic, the highest honor for a Priest short of becoming a Bishop.

From the description of The John Tracy Ellis papers. 1896-1992. (Catholic University of America). WorldCat record id: 156914130

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