St. Patrick’s Seminary
320 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 325-5621
Facebook
X
Rev. Bruce Hoefer, S.T.L.
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Studies
Bio
Fr. Hoefer joins the faculty this year as instructor of Liturgical and Sacramental Theology. He was born in New Orleans, LA where he attended Jesuit High School before going to study Classics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Ordained to the priesthood in 2021, he received his Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB), Master of Divinity (MDiv) and Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
bruce.hoefer@stpsu.edu
Education
The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception – Washington, D.C. May 2022
Licentiate of Sacred Theology
Magna cum Laude
◦ Thesis title: “The History and Theology of Eucharistic Concelebration in the West”
The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception – Washington, D.C. May 2021
Master of Divinity
Summa cum Laude
The Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception – Washington, D.C. May 2020
Bachelor of Sacred Theology
Summa cum Laude
The Catholic University of America – Washington, D.C. May 2013
Bachelor of Arts in Classical Humanities (Latin), Minor in History, Minor in Philosophy
Summa cum Laude
◦ Thesis title: “Aristocracy and Constitution in Cicero’s De Re Publica”
