Abbot Cuthbert Johnson: August 2009

Biographical Information

Abbot PETER CUTHBERT JOHNSON O.S.B.
Born 11 July 1946 at Hebburn, County Durham, England, in the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
Educated: Saint Aloysius, Hebburn, and with the White Fathers and St John's College Southsea.
In 1964 entered the Monastery of Our Lady of Quarr, Isle of Wight, England (Congregation of Solesmes) where he pronouned solemn Vows on September 8th 1969.
He was ordained to the priesthood 28 July 1973.
Blessed as an Abbot October 22nd 1996
1964-1965 tutored in medieval history by Professor Paul Meyvaert ( now Emeritus, Harvard University).
1966-1972 Philosophical, theological and musical studies at Quarr Abbey and at St Pierre de Solesmes.
1971-1974 Frequent visits to France for musical studies with a Professor of the Conservatoire of Poitiers and for Gregorian Chant at the Abbey of Solesmes and the Abbey of Ligugé.
1975-1978 Student at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo, Rome.
1977-1978 Choirmaster at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo, Rome
1976 Diploma in Christian Archeology, Pontifical Institute of Archeology
1977 Licence in Sacred Liturgy at Pontifical Liturgical Institute, Rome.
1983 Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy at Pontifical Liturgical Institute, Rome.
1983 Entered service of the Holy See in the Congregation for Divine Worship.
1988 Appointed Chaplain to His Eminent Highness the late fra Andrew Bertie and the Grand Magistery of Rome of the Order of Malta.
1992 Appointed Member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses by Pope John Paul II. Attended in official capacity Eucharistic Congresses in Korea, Kenya, Spain and Poland.
1991-1994 Professor at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant'Anselmo.
Lectured on the ancient sources of the Liturgy and supervised students for both Licence and Doctoral work and on several occasions was second examiner for both Licence and Doctoral exams.
1993 In collaboration with the Reverend Dr Anthony Ward. SM founded the series Instrumenta Liturgica Quarreriensia A series with a view to promote studies on the sources of the ancient Latin liturgies. So far 16 volumes have been published.
1996 Elected Abbot of Quarr
1997 Appointed Consultor to the Congregation for the Liturgy and the Disciple of the Sacraments by Pope John Paul II and still active in this role.
2002 Appointed Liturgical/Theological Advisor to the Vox Clara Committee for the examination of the English Translation of the Roman Missal.
2006 After nearly 20 years as a member of the Council of the Henry Bradshaw Society elected first Roman Catholic President.
2008 After 12 years as Abbot retired and took up position of Chaplain at the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary at Oulton in Staffordshire. In 2011 accepted the position of Chaplain at Tyburn Convent, London.

CUTHBERT PETER JOHNSON O.S.B.
Bibliography

1975
Cuthbert Johnson
Prosper Gueranger, Abbot of Solesmes in Clergy Review 60 (1975) 95
1976
Cuthbert Johnson.
"A Word in Season: A Proposed Patristic Lectionary" in Worship 50 (1976) 435-445
1981
Cuthbert Johnson.
"Dom Henry Ashworth, O.S.B. (1914-1980) Obituary Notice and Bibliography in Ephemerides Liturgicae 95 (1981 138-141.
Cuthbert Johnson.
"British Benedictines and Liturgy" in Notitiae 17 (1981) 138-151
1982
Cuthbert Johnson.
"On the eve of the publication of Sacrosanctum Concilium" in Notitiae 18 (1982) 413-417
Cuthbert Johnson.
"A Prophet Igmored" in Music and Liturgy 8 (1982) 78-80
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`Ou en sont les études sur les liturgies diocésaines de France aux 17e, 18e et 19e si cles ?' in Ephemerides liturgicae 96 (1982) 265-270.
1983
Johnson, Cuthbert.and Johnson, Stephen.
Planning for Liturgy Liturgical and Practical Guidelines for the Re-Ordering of Churches St Michael’s Abbey Press 1983 pp123 ISBN 0907077226
Anthony Ward and Cuthbert Johnson,
"John Wickham Legg (1843-1921): A Contribution towards the rediscovery of British Liturgical Scholarship" , Ephemerides Liturgicae 97 (1983) 70-84;
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Twenty Years on" in Music and Liturgy 9 (1983) 104-112
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Prosper Guéranger" in Questions Liturgiques 4 (1983) 214-227
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Two Abbots and Liturgical Studies: Prosper Guéranger and Fernand Cabrol" in Notitiae 19 (1983) 24-29
1984
Cuthbert Johnson,
Prosper Guéranger (1805-1875): A Liturgical Theologian, An Introduction to his Liturgical Writings and Work, Roma 1984 [= Studia Anselmiana 89]
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
‘Mediator Dei: The Mandement of the Missal of the Diocese of Evreux 1740’, in Ephemerides Liturgicae 98 (1984) 416-418
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Altar and AmboChrist’s Presence in Sacrament and Word" in Music and Liturgy 10 (1984) 13-16
Cuthbert Johnson,
"The Instruction ‘Liturgicae Instaurationes’ A Commemorative Review, 1970-1985" in Notitiae 21 (1984) 723-727
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
"Mediator Dei: The Mandement of the Missal of the Diocese of Evreux 1740" in Ephemerides Liturgicae 98 (1984) 416-418
1985
Anthony Ward and Cuthbert Johnson,
"A Forgotten Liturgical Scholar: John Wickham Legg" in Notitiae 21 (1985) 115-121.
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
‘Diary of an Anglican Liturgist in Rome in 1906’, in Notitiae 22 (1985) 563-565. (In collaboration).
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
‘A Catalogue of Printed Liturgical Books of the Dioceses of France’, in Questions Liturgiques 66 (1985) 53-58
1986
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
Fontes Liturgici : The Sources of the Roman Missal (1975), I. Advent, Christmas, Rome, 1986 (= Notitiae 22 (1986) 441-748)
Anthony Ward and Cuthbert Johnson, "The Sources of the Roman Missal (1975)," Notitiae 22 (1986)
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Gosling, Samuel" in R. Aubert (ed) Dictionaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastique, Letouzy et Ané, Paris t. 21 (1986) col. 833
.
1987
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`Some British Societies for the Publication of Studies and Ancient Texts', in Ephemerides Liturgicae 101 (1987) 229-245.
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
‘The Figure of Mary in the Worship of the Church of England’, in Marianum (1987) 254-295.
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`Fontes Liturgici. The Sources of the Roman Missal (1975) II: Prefaces', Notitiae 252-253-254 (1987) 408-1010.
1988
Cuthbert Johnson.
Dom Guéranger et le renouveau liturgique : une introduction son oeuvre liturgique. Paris : Téqui,1988. (Collection "Croire et savoir" ; 8).
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Rogate e Liturgia" in Studi Rogationisti 21 (1988) 7-33
Cuthbert Johnson
`Decalogue for Prayer", in Notitiae 24 (1988) 615-624
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`Documentation Concerning the Liturgy during the Pontifical Ministry of Pope Paul VI", in Notitiae 24 (1988) 529-542
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`Documentation Concerning the Liturgy in the Pontifical Ministry of Pope John Paul II", in Notitiae 24 (1988) 777-789.
1989
Anthony Ward, Cuthbert Johnson
The Prefaces of the Roman Missal: A Source Compendium with Concordance and Indices Rome : Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, 1989
Cuthbert Johnson, O.S.B. and Anthony Ward, S.M.,
Pr celsa Filia Sion: Approaching the Euchological Vocabulary of the Collection Missarum de Beata Maria Virgine. Notiti 278-279 (Vol. 25 [1989] No. 9-10)
1990
Anthony Ward & Cuthbert Johnson,
`The Henry Bradshaw Society: Its Birth and First Decade, 1890-1900', in Ephemerides Liturgicae 104 (1990) 187-200.
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
‘The Liturgical Scholarship of Dom Henry Ashworth (1914-1980)’, in Ephemerides Liturgicae 104 (1990) 299-338.
1991
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Dalla Lancia del Soldato alla Devozione al Sacro Cuore" in Messagero del Sacro Cuore (giugno 1991) v-xv
1992
Cuthbert Johnson and Stephen Johnson
Progetto Liturgico, Roma 1992
Cuthbert Johnson
"Prefaces: Shaping a New Translation" in Pastoral Music (April-May 1992) 34-37
1993
[Instrumenta Liturgica Quarreriensia A series founded in 1993 by Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward to promote studies on the sources of the ancient Latin liturgies.]
Cuthbert Johnson
Christian Burial: The Ordo Exsequiarum 1969 with Related Liturgical Texts, Indexes, and Bibliography Rome 1993 CLV, ISBN 8885918794 (88-85918-79-4)
Missale Parisiense anno 1738 publici iuris factum. Curantibus Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. & Anthony Ward, s.m. 1993. ISBN 88-85918-82-4
Cuthbert Johnson
"Variationes: Il Codice di Diritto Canonico e i libri liturgici" in A. Moroni, C. Pinto, M. Bartolucci (edd.) Sacramenti, Liturgia, Cause dei Santi: Studi in onore del Cardinale Giuseppe Casoria, Napoli 1992 pp.481-500
1993
Cuthbert Johnson
"The Education of the Social Conscience in Christian Initiation" in Christus Lumen Gentium. Eucharistia et Evangeliatio Citt del Vaticano 1993 pp.281-289
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`The Sources of the Eucharistic Prefaces of the Roman Rite', in Ephemerides Liturgicae 107 (1993) 359-383.
1994
Missale Romanum anno 1962 promulgatum. Reimpressio, introductione aucta curantibus Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. & Anthony Ward, s.m. 1994. ISBN 88-85918-90-5
Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. - Anthony Ward, s.m. Missale Romanum anno 1975 promulgatum. Orationes et Benedictiones. ILQ 3, 1994. 292 pp. ISBN 88-85918-81-6
1995
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward
Orbis Liturgicus: Repertorium Peritorum Nostrae Aetatis in Re Liturgica = Who's Who in Contemporary Liturgical Studies = Repertoire Des Chercheurs Contemporains En etudes Liturgiques Rome 1995 pp xxxviii-925 C.L.V., ISBN 8886655029 (88-86655-02-9)
Le Liber Mozarabicus Sacramentorum et les manuscrits mozarabes. Marius Férotin, o.s.b.Réimpression de l'édition de 1912 et bibliographie générale de la liturgie hispanique, préparées et présentées par Anthony Ward, sm et Cuthbert Johnson, osb. ILQ 4, 1995. 728 pp.
1996
Anthony Ward and Cuthbert Johnson,
"The Sources of the Roman Missal (1975)," Notitiae 32 (1996): 7-179.
Missalis Romani Editio Princeps. Mediolani anno 1474 prelis mandata. Reimpressio Vaticani exemplaris, introductione aliisque elementiis aucta curantibus Anthony Ward, s.m. & Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. 1996. ISBN 88-86655-09-6
Le Liber Ordinum en usage dans l'Église wisigothique et mozarabe d'Espagne du cinqui me au onzi me si cle. Marius Férotin, o.s.b.Réimpression de l'édition de 1904 et supplément de bibliographie générale de la liturgie hispanique, préparés et présentés par Anthony Ward, sm et Cuthbert Johnson, osb. ILQ 6, 1996. 528 pp.
Cuthbert Johnson and Anthony Ward,
`The Preface: A Bibliography', Ephemerides Liturgicae 110 (1996) 388-397.
Anthony Ward and Cuthbert Johnson,
`Edmund Bishop's The Genius of the Roman Rite: Its Context, Import and Promotion', in Ephemerides Liturgicae 110 (1996) 401-441.

1998
Vetus Missale Romanum Monasticum Lateranense. Anno 1752 a Nicolao Antonelli editum. Reimpressio editionis Romae anno 1752 publici iuris factae, introductione aucta curantibus Anthony Ward, s.m. & Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. 1998. XXVI + 612 pp. ISBN 88-86655-39-8
Martyrologium Romanum. Reimpressio integra textus officialis cum emendationibus et variationibus usque ad Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum II convocatum effectis necnon nova introductione aucta curantibus C. Johnson & A. Ward.1998. CXLVI + 550 pp.
1999
Pontificale Romanum. Reimpressio editionis iuxta typicam anno 1962 publici iuris factae, partibus praecedentis editionis ab illa omissis, introductione et tabulis aucta.
Curantibus Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. & Anthony Ward, s.m. 1999. XXVIII+592 pp.
2001
Rituale Romanum. Editio prima post typicam anno 1953 promulgata.Reimpressio editionis primae post typicam anno 1953 publici iuris factae, textibus postea approbationis, introductione et tabulis aucta. Curantibus Anthony Ward, s.m. & Cuthbert Johnson, o.s.b. 2001. XXIV+1108 pp.
2003
Cuthbert Johnson, OSB
Liturgie et Archeologie, Deux Fondateurs: Prosper Gueranger, OSB et G.B. De Rossi Documents Inedits Rome 2003 pp. 264 CLV- Edizioni Liturgiche, ISBN 8873670164 (88-7367-016-4)
2004
Cuthbert Johnson
"An Episode in the Struggle for Reform of the Gregorian Chant and for Religious Liberty" in Ephemerides Liturgicae 118 (2004) 29-61
2005
Cuthbert Johnson
"Shared Values: Newman, Guéranger and Benedict XVI" in Benedict XVI and Cardinal Newman ed. Peter Jennings Oxford 2005 pp 72-75
2007
Cuthbert Johnson,
"Guéranger and Study, Pitra and Migne", in Ephemerides Liturgicae 121 (2007) pp. 7-24
Anthony Ward, Cuthbert Johnson
"The Orations of Lent before the First Sunday in the 2000 ‘Missale Romanum’", in Ephemerides Liturgicae 121 (2007) pp. 328-369

A. Ward - C. Johnson, The Orations of Lent for the Second Week in the 2000 “Missale Romanum”, CXXII 2008 Fasciculus 1 (Gennaio-Marzo) pp. 78-125

A. Ward, Abbot Cuthbert Johnson, President of the Henry Bradshaw Society, CXXII 2008 Fasciculus 1 (Gennaio-Marzo) pp. 126-128

C. Johnson - A. Ward, The Lenten Orations for the Third Week in the 2000 «Missale Romanum», EL CXXII 2008 Fasciculus 2 (Aprile-Giugno) pp. 190-239

C. Johnson, The Pastoral Power of the Liturgy: Prosper Guéranger’s «Année Liturgique»,EL CXXII 2008 Fasciculus 2 (Aprile-Giugno) pp. 240-249

C. Johnson - A. Ward, Sources of the Orations for Holy Week in the 2000 "Missale Romanum", in EL CXXIII 2009 pp. 311-356

Understanding the Roman Missal, CTS London 2011.

A Simple Guide to the Roman Missal, CTS London 2011; Participating in the Mass, CTS London 2011

Reviews published in Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique and Ephemerides liturgicae (1972-2009)

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