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John Dear

Catholic priest from the United States
Person Human Q1699788

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
August 13, 1959
Place of birth
Elizabeth City
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
Catholic priest, writer, journalist, religious writer, activist, peace activist, spiritual teacher, Catholic theologian[9][10][11]
Educated at
Georgetown Preparatory School[12]
Award received
Pacem in Terris Award[13]
Official website
www.fatherjohndear.org, johndear.org[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Dear[15]
Given name
John[16]
Writing language
English[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Dear ar جون دير (قس) ko 존 디어
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000082755829
VIAF cluster ID
85162132
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85161643
GND ID
11948238X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Father John Dear.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
5082516
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
DearJohn1959-
CiNii Research ID
1140845216519925376
FAST ID
179479
Facebook username
FrJohnDear
Freebase ID
/m/0b26nt
Goodreads author ID
108789
Show all 42 identifiers +30
HAND ID
6A70-0ED4-D919-9146-781F
IMDb ID
nm11140858, nm12203297, nm4838438
IdRef ID
15212294X
IxTheo authority ID
080297412
J9U entity ID
987007327666905171
KBR person ID
14801079
Libraries Australia ID
61541352
LibraryThing author ID
dearjohn
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA11768744
NDL Authority ID
00917612
NL CR AUT ID
skuk0002215
NLA Trove people ID
1843141
NLP ID
a0000002037624
NUKAT ID
n2012169777
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls002474953
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200503657
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810623266005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1665596
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
173727336
Official blog URL
johndear.org
Open Library ID
OL25664A, OL7702769A, OL7641386A, OL2867393A, OL7698913A
Parsifal cluster ID
275535
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
21772
Prabook ID
584842
RERO ID (legacy)
A011566145
SNAC ARK ID
w6514x3r
SVKKL authority ID
0334186-Dear-John-1959
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJc3P3JhwPdVRJyctDQXh3
X (Twitter) username
frjohndear
Yale LUX ID
person/a64bff97-defe-4e23-a145-6deb1f127726

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
writer, journalist, activist, Catholic priest, spiritual teacher, peace activist
Award received 1
Pacem in Terris Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Elizabeth City
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Winner 1
Pacem in Terris Award
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Summary

John Dear was born on August 13, 1959[1], in Elizabeth City[2]. He has worked as a Catholic priest[3], writer[4], journalist[5], religious writer[6], and activist[7].

FAQs

Where was John Dear born?

John Dear was born in Elizabeth City[2].

What did John Dear do for work?

John Dear worked as a Catholic priest[3], writer[4], journalist[5], religious writer[6], and activist[7].

Where did John Dear go to school?

John Dear was educated at Georgetown Preparatory School[12].

What awards did John Dear receive?

Honors received include Pacem in Terris Award[13].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0334186-Dear-John-1959
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0334186-Dear-John-1959, batch #259493"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Catholic priest, writer, journalist +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31727: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
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