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A pontifical university is a type of catholic university established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. All ecclesiastical universities are pontifical universities, but only some catholic universities are pontifical universities.
Pontifical universities are licensed to grant academic degrees in sacred faculties, the most important of which are Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Sacred Scripture and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a european system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, the licentiate, and the 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 (S.T.D.) or canon law (J.C.D.) and that ecclesiastical judges and attorneys must at least be licentiates of canon law (J.C.L.).
[edit] List of pontifical universities
<Principal source: 'Pontifical Universities', Annuario Pontificio>
[edit] Argentina
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires
[edit] Austria
- Theological Faculty, Catholic-Theological Private University Linz, Linz
- International Theological Institute; for studies of marriage and family, near Wien
[edit] Belgium
[edit] Brazil
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
[edit] Canada
- Saint Paul University, Ottawa
[edit] Chile
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaiso
[edit] Colombia
- Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota
- Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellin
[edit] Cuba
[edit] Dominican Republic
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de Los Caballeros
[edit] Ecuador
[edit] France
- Catholic University of Toulouse, Toulouse
- Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
- Catholic University of the West, Angers
- Catholic University of Lyon, Lyon
[edit] Germany
- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
- Munich University of Philosophy, München
[edit] Guatemala
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City
[edit] Ireland
- St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Maynooth ; Pontifical University charter 1896
- Clonliffe College, Dublin ; A number of other institutions in the past would have awarded degrees Angelicum University such as Clonliffe College and other seminaries in Ireland.
[edit] Italy
- Pontifical University of St. Anthony, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Roma
- Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Roma
- Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Roma
- Pontifical Urbaniana University, Roma
- Pontifical Gregorian University, Roma
- Pontifical Lateran University, Roma
- Salesian Pontifical University, Roma
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano & Roma
[edit] Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
[edit] Kenya
[edit] Lebanon
- Saint Joseph University, Beirut
[edit] Mexico
- Pontifical University of Mexico, Mexico City
[edit] Netherlands
- Radboud University of Nijmegen, Nijimegen ; formerly Catholic University of Nijmegen
- Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht ; became part of University of Tilburg in 2006.
[edit] Panama
- Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, Panama City
[edit] Paraguay
[edit] Peru
[edit] Philippines
- The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, Manila
[edit] Poland
[edit] Portugal
- Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon
[edit] Puerto Rico
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
- Bayamon Central University, Bayamón[citation needed]
[edit] Spain
- Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
- Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca
- University of Deusto, Bilbao
- University of Navarra, Pamplona
[edit] Taiwan
- Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City
[edit] United States
- The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
[edit] Uruguay
[edit] References
Matthew Bunson, ed. (2010). Catholic Almanac 2010. Our Sunday Visitor. pp. 546–550.
