John Dear, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Dear

Catholic priest from the United States

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1959

Place of Birth: Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States

Profession: writer, Catholic priest, author, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Dear (born August 15, 1959) is an American Catholic priest, Christian pacifist, vegetarianism advocate, author and lecturer, and a former member of the Society of Jesus.
He has been arrested over 75 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice and nuclear weapons as part of his "consistent ethic of nonviolence".
Dear has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, in January 2008 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and most recently with Leo Rebello for the 2015 award.