Pontifical university
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A Pontifical University is a Roman Catholic university established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. It is licensed to grant academic degrees in sacred faculties, the most important of which are Sacred Theology, Canon Law, and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a European system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, license, and doctorate.
These ecclesiastical degrees are prerequisites to certain offices in the Roman Catholic Church, especially considering that bishop candidates are selected mainly from priests who are doctors of sacred theology or canon law and that ecclesiastical judges and attorneys must at least be licentiates of canon law.
[edit] List of Pontifical Faculties
- Pontifical Catholic University of S. Maria of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Laval University, Canada
- Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Canada
- Saint Paul University, Canada
- University of Sherbrooke, Canada
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
- Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia
- Catholic University of St. Thomas of Villaneuva, Cuba
- Pontifical Catholic University 'Mater et Magistra', Dominican Republic
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Ecuador
- Institut Catholique de Paris, France
- Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France
- Universite Catholique de Lille, France
- Universite Catholique de l'Ouest, France
- Universite Catholique de Lyon, France
- Katholische Universitat Eichstatt, Germany
- Landivar University, Guatemala
- Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, India
- Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India
- Pontifical University of Maynooth, Ireland
- Pontifical University of St. Anthony, Italy
- Pontifical University of Saint Bonaventure, Italy
- Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italy
- Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Italy
- Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Italy
- Pontifical Urbaniana University , Italy
- Pontifical Gregorian University, Italy
- Pontifical Lateran University, Italy
- Salesian Pontifical University, Italy
- Univerita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Sophia University, Japan
- St. Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Catholic University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
- University of S. Maria La Antigua, Panama
- Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Paraguay
- Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology, Peru
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
- Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
- Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow, Poland
- Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw, Poland
- Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw, Poland
- Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
- Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, República Dominicana
- Catholic University of Navarra, Spain
- Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Spain
- University of Deusto, Spain
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, República Dominicana
- Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan
- The Catholic University of America, United States of America
- Pontifical College Josephinum, United States of America
- Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, United States of America
- Catholic University of Uruguay 'Damaso Antonio Larranaga', Uruguay
- Catholic University 'Andres Bello', Venezuela
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[edit] The Pontifical College Josephinum
While bearing the title Pontifical, The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio is not strictly speaking a pontifical university or faculty. Its faculty is not authorized by the Holy See to grant pontifical academic degrees in its own name. It is rather a Pontifical seminary, the only one outside of Italy. Founded in the late 19th century, it was named a Pontifical seminary by Pope Leo XIII. Its founder, Msgr. Joseph Jessing had petitioned to keep his young seminary under the auspices of the Holy See to prevent intervention from local ecclesial authorities. Today, unlike other Catholic seminaries which are under the jurisdiction of local bishops or religious orders, the Josephinum (or the Joss, as it is affectionately referred to by alumni) has as its chancellor the Pope's Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, who must approve all faculty appointments and major decisions regarding the seminary.
