What is Robert F. Taft?
[[File:Robert F Taft SJ Russicum 2006 crop.jpg|thumb|Robert F. Taft]] '''Robert Francis Taft, S.J.''' (January 9, 1932 – November 2, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest and [[Archimandrite]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]. He was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. He was one of the 23 [[Eastern Catholic Church]]es in [[full communion]] with the [[Holy See]] of [[Rome]]. He was an expert in [[Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites|Oriental liturgy]] and a professor [[emeritus]] of the [[Pontifical Oriental Institute]] in [[Rome]], of which he was the Vice-[[Rector (academic)|rector]] between 1995 and 2001. Taft died on November 2, 2018 in [[Weston, Massachusetts]] at the age of 86.<ref>[https://aleteia.org/2018/11/02/fr-robert-taft-feisty-ecumenist-and-liturgical-historian-dies-at-86/ Fr. Robert Taft, feisty ecumenist and liturgical historian, dies at 86]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taft, Robert F.}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:American Jesuits]] [[Category:Writers from Providence, Rhode Island]] {{US-bio-stub}}