Personal Information of Stephan Leher:
- Born in 1956 in Linz, Austria
- Primary School in Peuerbach, Austria: 1962 – 1966
- Humanistic Highschool „Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster“: 1966 – 1968
- Highschool of Schärding: 1968 – 1972
- American Field Service - International Scholarship: 1972 – 1973
- Graduation Highline Highschool, Seattle, USA: 1973
- Graduation at the Highschool of Schärding: 1974
- Study of Medicine at the University of Innsbruck: 1974 – 1980
- Doctor’s Degree in Medicine, MD: 1980
- Entry Society of Jesus: 1980
- Diploma Studies in Philosophy at the Centre Sèvres, Paris: 1981 – 1983
- Graduation: „Licence en Philosophie”(Baccalauréat canonique): 1984. Theme of the thesis: L’éthique médicale face aux progrès de la biologie et de la médecine, en considérant plus particulièrement le problème de la mort.
- Streetwork at the Kennedy-Haus in Innsbruck: 1983 – 1984
- Diploma Studies in Catholic Theology at the Phil.-Theolog. University St. Georgen, Frankfurt am Main: 1984 – 1987
- Masters degree of Catholic Theology, MTh: 1987. Theme of the thesis: "Absolutes Wissen" und "Übernatürliches Existential". Vergleich von Grundbegriffen in der "Phänomenologie des Geistes" von G.W.F. Hegel und im "Grundkurs des Glaubens" von Karl Rahner.
- Priestly ordination in Innsbruck: 1987
- Clinic pastoral work at the Medical University Clinics in Innsbruck: 1987 - 1988
- Doctoral Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome: 1988 - 1991
- Doctor theologiae at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome with Prof. Klaus Demmer in Moral Theology, DTh: 1991: Theme of the thesis: Teorie di verità neoscolastiche (Viktor Cathrein) in dialogo con la filosofia del linguaggio (L. Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin)
- Medical training as general practitioner at the University Clinic in Innsbruck: 1991 – 1995
- Member of the ethics commission at the Medical University of Innsbruck: since 1992
- University lecturer at the Medical University of Innsbruck: 1992 – 1996
- Certificate for psychosocial medicine from the Austrian Medical Association: 1996
- Certificate for psychosomatic medicine frim the Austrian Medical Association: 1996
- Professorial chair of Moral Theology at the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck since 2002
- Roman Catholic priest in the Diocesis of Linz since 2013
Résumé
- Stephan P. Leher was born 1956 in Linz on the Danube, Austria. In January 1980 he took at the University of Vienna the degree Doctor medicinae universalis, in 1983 at the Centre Sèvres in Paris a licence of philosophy, in 1987 a Masters degree of theology in Frankfurt and in 1991 in Rome the Doctor theologiae. 1997 habilitation at the University of Vienna in Ethics. Since 1992 he serves on different ethical boards and commissions and is teaching medical ethics at the Medical University of Innsbruck. In 2002 he was appointed Professor for Ethics at the University of Innsbruck. Since 1997 cooperation with the Javeriana University in Bogotá on Human Rights and Public Health research.
Functions:
- Member of the ethics commission at the Medical University of Innsbruck: since 1992
- Alternate member of the Genetic Engineering Commission of the Office of the Austrian Federal Chancellor: since 1998
- Member of the scientific editorial team of “Theologica Xaveriana” of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá /Columbia: 2003 - 2012
- Member of the Commission Gender and Discrimination at the University of Innsbruck: since 2004
- Deputy of the Institute of Systematic Theology: 2008 - 2013
- Head of Department of the Institute of Systematic Theology: 2013 - 2017
- Second deputy chairperson of the Commission Gender and Discrimination at the University of Innsbruck: since 2010