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.

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[edit] List of pontifical universities

<Principal source: 'Pontifical Universities', Annuario Pontificio>

[edit] Argentina

  • Pontifical Catholic University of S. Maria of Buenos Aires, Argentina

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Cuba

  • Catholic University of St. Thomas of Villaneuva, Cuba

[edit] Dominican Republic

[edit] Ecuador

  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Ecuador

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Guatemala

[edit] India

  • Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, India
  • Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

While not a university per se, the Institute's several sessions throughout the world offer the licentiate and doctorate of sacred theology in the concentration of marriage and family.

[edit] Japan

[edit] Lebanon

  • St. Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Panama

  • University of S. Maria La Antigua, Panama

[edit] Paraguay

  • Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Paraguay

[edit] Peru

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Poland

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Spain

[edit] Taiwan

  • Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan

[edit] United States

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.

[edit] Uruguay

  • Catholic University of Uruguay 'Damaso Antonio Larrañaga', Uruguay

[edit] Venezuela

  • Catholic University 'Andres Bello', Venezuela


[edit] See also

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