Juan Chapa, member of the Scientific committee of the Holy See Agency for the assessment and Promotion of the Quality of Universities and Ecclesiastical Schools (AVEPRO).
27 | 03 | 2025
Pope Francis has appointed Professor Juan Chapa as a member of the Scientificcommittee of the Holy See's Agency for the assessment and Promotion of the Quality of Universities and Ecclesiastical Schools (AVEPRO) for the next five years. He is the only Spaniard currently holding this position, out of a total of thirteen members that now make up the committee.
AVEPRO is an institution linked to the Holy See, established by Pope Benedict XVI in September 2007. Its main goal is to foster and develop a culture of quality within the academic institutions that depend on it, ensuring that the teaching, research and services it offers meet internationally recognized quality criteria.
The members of the Scientific committee advise the President of the Agency in the preparation of tools and methods to guarantee the quality of the Universities and Ecclesiastical Schools . They also give opinions and suggestions on assessment procedures, collaborate in the selection and training of experts, and may be consulted to analyze verifications carried out or to be carried out.
In addition, they participate in meetings convened at least every two years or when necessary, together with the Agency's director and a student representative. The president may also consult with members on an individual basis, including remotely, to address specific issues requiring their expertise.
Juan Chapa is a professor of New Testament in the Sacred Scripture department of the School of Theology of the University of Navarra, where he received his PhD in Theology and of which he has been Dean (2010-2019), and is currently director of the Spanish Biblical association (ABE). He also holds a PhD in Classical Philology from the University of Seville and in Classical Letters (papyrology) from the University of Oxford. In addition to several books and numerous book chapters and articles in scientific journals, he has edited and published several Christian papyri belonging to the collection "The Oxyrhynchus Papyri" (Oxford), including several of the New Testament. He is a member of the Society for the Study of the New Testament (SNTS) and the International association of Papyrologists (AIP). He has also been Visiting Professor of the British Academy at Oxford University. His interests include the study of the manuscript transmission of the New Testament, Christian origins and the Johannine corpus.
