Father Andreas Hoeck was born in 1964 in Cologne, Germany. He studied philosophy, theology, and exegesis in Bonn, Germany; Anápolis, Brazil; Rome, Italy; and Jerusalem, Israel. After his ordination as a Catholic priest in 1992, he earned his doctorate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 2002.
He is currently academic dean of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, and teaches Scripture courses to attending seminarians.