Pontifical university
Pontifical universities are "academic institutes established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law) and at least one other faculty. These academic institutes deal specifically with the Christian revelation and related disciplines, and the Church’s mission of spreading the Gospel, as proclaimed in the Apostolic Constitution Sapientia christiana."[1]
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 be at least licentiates of canon law (J.C.L.).
Quality and Ranking [edit]
Compared to secular or Catholic universities, which are academic institutions for the study and teaching of a broad range of disciplines, ecclesiastical or Pontifical universities are "usually composed of three principal ecclesiastical faculties, theology, philosophy, and canon law, and at least one other faculty. A Pontifical university specifically addresses Christian revelation and disciplines correlative to the evangelical mission of the Church as set out in the apostolic constitution Sapientia christiana." [2][3]
Current international quality ranking services do not have a quality ranking category that reflects the unique nature and mission of Pontifical universities, nor do their methodologies take into account this unique nature and mission in a way that reflects their educational quality. Since 19 September 2003 the Holy See has taken part in the Bologna Process, a series of meetings and agreements between European states designed to foster comparable quality standards in higher education, and in the "Bologna Follow-up Group". The Holy See’s Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO) was established on 19 September 2007 by the Pope Benedict XVI "to promote and develop a culture of quality within the academic institutions that depend directly on the Holy See and ensure they possess internationally valid quality criteria." [3]
List of pontifical universities [edit]
<Principal source: 'Pontifical Universities', Annuario Pontificio>
Argentina [edit]
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires
Austria [edit]
- Theological Faculty, Catholic-Theological Private University Linz, Linz
- International Theological Institute; for studies of marriage and family, near Wien
Belgium [edit]
Brazil [edit]
- 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
Canada [edit]
- Saint Paul University, Ottawa
Chile [edit]
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Valparaiso
Colombia [edit]
- Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota
- Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellin
Cuba [edit]
Dominican Republic [edit]
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de Los Caballeros
Ecuador [edit]
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador,[4] Quito
France [edit]
- Catholic University of Toulouse, Toulouse
- Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
- Catholic University of the West, Angers
- Catholic University of Lyon, Lyon
Germany [edit]
- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
- Munich University of Philosophy, München
Guatemala [edit]
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City
Ireland [edit]
- 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.
Italy [edit]
- Marianum Theological Faculty, Rome
- Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm, (Sant'Anselmo) Rome
- Pontifical University of St. Anthony, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure (Seraphicum), Rome
- Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome
- Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome
- Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome
- Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome
- Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
- Pontifical Lateran University, Rome
- Salesian Pontifical University, Rome
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) [edit]
Kenya [edit]
Lebanon [edit]
- Saint Joseph University, Beirut
Mexico [edit]
- Pontifical University of Mexico, Mexico City
Netherlands [edit]
- Radboud University of Nijmegen, Nijimegen ; formerly Catholic University of Nijmegen
- Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht ; became part of University of Tilburg in 2006.
Panama [edit]
- Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, Panama City
Paraguay [edit]
Peru [edit]
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,[5] Lima; till July 2012
Philippines [edit]
- The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, Manila, founded in 1611 - with three Ecclesiastical Faculties of Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law; and the Incorporated Institute of Consecrated Life, Asia, all of which are conferring ecclesiastical degrees in three cycles (Bachelor, Licentiate, Doctorate).
- Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo University, Quezon City (A Faculty of Theology).
Poland [edit]
Portugal [edit]
- Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon
Puerto Rico [edit]
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce
- Bayamon Central University, Bayamón[citation needed]
Spain [edit]
- Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
- Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca
- University of Deusto, Bilbao
- University of Navarra, Pamplona
United States [edit]
- The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
- John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC
- Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL
- Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH
- Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (PFIC), Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC
- St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD
Uruguay [edit]
Former pontifical universities [edit]
- University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, Scotland, till the Scottish Reformation
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, till the English Reformation
- University of Cologne, Köln, Germany, till the French Revolutionary Wars
- University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, till the Danish Reformation
- University of Erfurt, till the German Reformation
- University of Freiburg, till the Suppression of the Society of Jesus
- University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, till the Scottish Reformation
- University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, till the German Reformation
- Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, till the German Reformation
- University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, till the German Reformation
- Lund Studium Generale, Lund, Sweden, till the Danish Reformation[6]
- University of Mainz, til the French Revolutionary Wars
- Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, till the Mexican War of Independence
- University of Oxford, Oxford, England, till the English Reformation
- University of Paris, Paris, France, till the French Revolution
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú, till July 2012.[7]
- University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, till the German Reformation
- University of Saint Andrews, Saint Andrews, Scotland, till the Scottish Reformation
- University of San Marcos, Lima, Perú, till the Peruvian War of Independence
- University of Tübingen, till the German Reformation
- Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, till the Swedish Reformation
- University of Wittenberg, till the German Reformation
- University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, till the Napoleonic Wars
References [edit]
Matthew Bunson, ed. (2010). Catholic Almanac 2010. Our Sunday Visitor. pp. 546–550.
- ^ http://www.avepro.va/ Accessed November 1, 2012
- ^ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_15041979_sapientia-christiana_en.html Accessed June 24, 2011
- ^ a b Agenzia della Santa Sede per la Valutazione e la Promozione della Qualità delle Università e Facoltà Ecclesiastiche (AVEPRO), http://www.avepro.va/ Accessed November 1. 2012
- ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontificia_Universidad_Católica_del_Ecuador
- ^ David Kerr (2012), "Elite Peruvian University Stripped of Catholic Credentials", Catholic News Agency, July 21, 2012, http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/elite-peruvian-university-stripped-of-catholic-credentials
- ^ Denmark ruled Lund till the Great Northern War; Andrina Stiles (1992), Sweden and the Baltic, 1523—1721, London: Hodder & Stoughton.
- ^ Andrés Beltramo Alvarez (20 July 2012). "Peru: Vatican removes titles "Pontifical" and "Catholic" from university name". La Stampa.
