Personality Dimensions of Church Leaders

Although there are many levels of leadership in the
Church, this article focuses on the personality dimensions
of priests. The article first gives some understanding of
personality and personality styles in psychology and
moves on to describe characteristics of healthy and
unhealthy personality, presents an analysis of personality
profile of priests in relation to these characteristics as
found in psychological theory and available research data
and concludes with suggestions for priestly formation to
enhance the healthy personality dimensions of Church
leaders.