Diarmaid MacCulloch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Diarmaid MacCulloch

British historian

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1951

Place of Birth: Kent, England, United Kingdom

Profession: screenwriter, historian, theologian, university teacher, church historian, presenter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (; born 31 October 1951) is an English historian and academic, specialising in ecclesiastical 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, he declined ordination to the priesthood because of the Church's attitude to 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." MacCulloch sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History.