Peter Hocken

Who is Peter Hocken?

Father Peter Hocken is a historian of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and the Pentecostal movement in the twentieth century.

Hocken was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1964. He was ordained for the Diocese of Northampton. He lectured in moral theology at Oscott College, Birmingham, England. He obtained permission to leave the country in order to join the Mother of God Community, Washington where he was an active member between 1976 and 1996. He regularly contributed to the community's devotional magazine, "The Word Among Us". In 1984 he received his PhD for his research on the history of charismatic renewal from the University of Birmingham, England. He returned to England in 1997, becoming Chaplain to the Bishop of Northampton. In 2001 he received the title "Monsignor" at the request of Bishop Patrick Leo McCartie. Hocken currently lives in Vienna, Austria.

Hocken has been active in the charismatic movement since 1971 and has served as Executive Secretary of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.