11 Notable alumni of Heythrop College
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Heythrop College is ranked #6,114 in the world and #153 in United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Heythrop College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Heythrop College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Polycarpus Augin (Eugene) Aydin
1971-. (aged 55)
Eastern Orthodox priest
Polycarpus Augin Aydın, is the Metropolitan and Patriarchal Vicar for the Archdiocese of the Netherlands of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Metropolitan Seat is located at St. Ephrem the Syrian Monastery in Glane/Losser, the Netherlands.
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2. Catherine Pepinster
1959-. (aged 67)
journalist
Catherine Marie Pepinster is an English editor, historian, commentator and writer with a focus on theology, Catholic and Anglican ecumenism, church history, and religion and politics. She was the first female editor of The Tablet in the newspaper's 176-year history. In 2017 she published the book The Keys and the Kingdom: The British and the Papacy from John Paul II...
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3. Stephen Joseph Perry
1833-1889 (aged 56)
astrophysicist
astronomer
Stephen Joseph Perry SJ FRS was an English Jesuit and astronomer, known as a participant in scientific expeditions.
4. Keith Riglin
1957-2023 (aged 66)
Anglican bishop
Anglican priest
Keith Graham Riglin was an Anglican bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Having ministered from 1983 within Baptist and Reformed churches, he took holy orders in the Church of England in 2008. In January 2021 he was elected Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, a post he held until his death in 2023.
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5. Robert Hannigan
1965-. (aged 61)
Robert Peter Hannigan CMG is a cybersecurity specialist who has been Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, since 2021. He was a senior British civil servant who previously served as the director of the signals intelligence and cryptography agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and established the UK's National Cyber Security Centre.
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6. Gerald O'Collins
1932-2024 (aged 92)
theologian
priest
philosopher
Gerald Glynn O'Collins SJ AC was an Australian Jesuit priest and academic. He was a research professor and writer-in-residence at the Jesuit Theological College (JTC) in Parkville, Victoria, and a research professor in theology at St Mary's University College in Twickenham. For more than three decades, he was professor of systematic and fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome).
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7. Lindsay Urwin
1956-. (aged 70)
Anglican priest
Lindsay Goodall Urwin OGS is an Australian Anglican bishop. Urwin was the area Bishop of Horsham in the Diocese of Chichester, in southern England, from 1993 to 2009, and was also the principal organiser of the annual Caister Conference. He was the administrator of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham from 2009 to 2015. On 12 April 2015,...
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8. Frederick Copleston
1907-1994 (aged 87)
Catholic priest
philosopher
writer
historian
Frederick Charles Copleston SJ CBE FBA was a British Catholic priest, philosopher, and historian of philosophy, best known for his influential multi-volume A History of Philosophy (1946–75).
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9. Sarah Mullally
1962-. (aged 64)
theologian
Anglican bishop
nurse
Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally is an Anglican bishop and former nurse who has served as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury since 28 January 2026. As archbishop, she is the leader of the Church of England and ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. By virtue of her office she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England...
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10. Bernard Lonergan
1904-1984 (aged 80)
university teacher
theologian
philosopher
Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan SJ CC was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian regarded by many as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
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11. Sebastian Gorka
1970-. (aged 56)
political adviser
political scientist
Sebastian Lukács Gorka is a media host and commentator, currently affiliated with Salem Radio Network and NewsMax TV, and a United States government official. He served in the first Trump administration as a deputy assistant to the president for seven months, from January until August 2017. In the second Trump administration, he has served as a deputy assistant to the...
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