Pontifical university

A pontifical university is a 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, Sacred Scripture and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a European system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, the licentiate, and the doctorate.

Independent institutions or individual faculties at non-pontifical universities may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant ecclesiastical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields. These are referred to as a "pontifical faculty" or "pontifical institute" to distinguish it from an entire "pontifical university."

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.).

List of pontifical universities and ecclesiastical faculties

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

Argentina

• Facultades de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel
• Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires

Australia

• Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney

Austria

• Theological Faculty, Catholic-Theological Private University Linz, Linz
• International Theological Institute; for studies of marriage and family, near Wien

Belgium

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven
• Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

Brazil

• Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia, Belo Horizonte
• 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

Cameroon

• Catholic Institute of Yaoundé, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé

Canada

• Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses, Université Laval, Québec
• Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. It uniquely among all pontifical faculties grants the licentiate in Medieval Studies (L.M.S., a post-doctorate earned degree), and the doctorate (M.S.D.) which is awarded on the basis of a career. It is an independent research institute at the University of Toronto.
• Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Saint Paul University, Ottawa

Chile

• Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
• Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaiso

Colombia

• Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota
• Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellin

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

• Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa

Croatia

• Faculty of Catholic Theology at University of Zagreb, Zagreb

Cuba

• Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, Havana

Dominican Republic

• Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de Los Caballeros
• Seminario Pontificio Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santo Domingo

Ecuador

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito

France

• Institut Catholique de Paris, Paris
• Catholic University of Toulouse, Toulouse
• Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
• Catholic University of the West, Angers
• Catholic University of Lyon, Lyon
• Centre Sèvres, Paris

Germany

• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
• Munich University of Philosophy, München
• Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt

Guatemala

• Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City

Hong Kong

• Holy Spirit Seminary, Wong Chuk Hang

Hungary

• Faculty of Theology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest

India

• Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Religion, Pune
• Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Alwaye, Kerala
• Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam
• St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Bangalore
• Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Pontifical Atenaeum of Philosophy and Theology, Bangalore
• Vidyajyoti Faculty of Theology, Dehli
• Satya Nilayam Institute of Philosophy and Culture, Chennai
• Faculty of Theology of Ranchi, Ranchi

Indonesia

• Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta

Ireland

• Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin.
• 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.

Israel

• École Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem

Italy

• Patristic Institute Augustinianum, Roma
• Marianum (Pontifical Institute for the study of Mariology), Roma
• Pontifical Biblical Institute, Roma
• Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roma
• Pontifical Oriental Institute, Roma
• 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
• Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum, Roma
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano & Roma
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Roma – 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. The Roman session is located at the Pontifical Lateran University.
• Pontificio Ateneo Sant Anselmo, Roma
• Pontificio Facoltà Teologica della Sardegna, Cagliari
• Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Milano

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

• Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Abidjan

Kenya

• Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi

Lebanon

• Saint Joseph University, Beirut
• Faculté de Théologie, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh

Malta

• Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù

Mexico

• Pontifical University of Mexico, Mexico City

Netherlands

• Radboud University of Nijmegen, Nijimegen ; formerly Catholic University of Nijmegen
• Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht ; became part of University of Tilburg in 2006.

Nigeria

• Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt

Panama

• Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, Panama City

Paraguay

• Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Asuncion

Peru

• Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology, Lima
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

Philippines

• The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, Manila

Poland

• Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Cracow
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw, Warsaw
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław, Wrocław

Portugal

• Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon

Puerto Rico

• Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
• Bayamon Central University, Bayamón^{[citation needed]}

Spain

• University of Navarra, Pamplona
• Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca
• Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
• University of Deusto, Bilbao
• Theological Faculty of Catalonia, Barcelona
• [[Pontifical Faculty of Theology of San Esteban, Salamancahttp://www.fatse.org/]], Salamanca

Switzerland

• Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano, Lugano
• Theologische Fakultät, University of Lucerne, Luzern
• Theologische Hochschule Chur, Chur

Taiwan

• Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City

United Kingdom

• Heythrop College, London; became a college of the University of London in 1971

United States

• Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (at Boston College), Brighton, MA
• The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (at the Dominican House of Studies), Washington, DC
• Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (at Santa Clara University), Berkeley, CA
• The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute (at the University of Dayton), Dayton, OH
• Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family (at The Catholic University of America), Washington, DC
• St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, NY – the seminary for the Archdiocese of New York grants bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) degrees under its charter as a satellite of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.
• St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD
• St. Michael's Institute, Spokane, WA
• Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology (at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake), Mundelein, IL

Uruguay

• Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, Montevideo

Edited by Nash Alonto

References

Matthew Bunson, ed (2010). Catholic Almanac 2010. Our Sunday Visitor. pp. 546–550. 

See also

• List of Roman Catholic seminaries
• Catholic University
• Doctor of Canon Law
• Licentiate in Theology
• Academic degree