Piero Coda
Born in Cafasse (Turin) in 1955, with a Doctorate in Philosophy and in Theology, former tenured professor of Trinitarian Theology at the Lateran Pontifical University (Rome) and of Trinitarian Ontology at the Sophia University Institute (Loppiano – Florence), of which he was the first President (2008-2020), Piero Coda is currently Secretary General of the International Theological Commission, Consultor for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, for the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, and for the General Secreteriat for the Synod.
He is a member of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, of the Pontifical Academy of Theology (serving as Prelate Secretary from 2003 to 2008), and of the Italian Theological Association (serving as President from 2003 to 2011). He is Director of the Abbà School Study Center of the Work of Mary (a study group founded by Chiara Lubich and inspired by thinking in-Christ).
Actively engaged at the international level in dialogue between theology, philosophy, and the sciences, as well as between cultures and religions, Coda has authored numerous scholarly publications in various languages and coordinates the international project for the Dynamic Dictionary of Trinitarian Ontology.
– Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina (March 6, 2024).
– Honorary Doctorate in “Philosophy” from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 11, 2019).
– Honorary Doctorate in “Interreligious Dialogue” from the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts in Taipei, Taiwan (December 16, 2019).
– Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome (1986).
– Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome (1983).
– Degree in Philosophy from the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Turin (1978).
– High School Diploma (Maturità classica) from the Valsalice Salesian High School in Turin (1974).
