Ushaw College
| Ushaw College, Durham | |
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| Motto | In Omnibus Sumentes Scutum Fidei In All Things Taking the Shield of Faith |
| Established | 1568 |
| Type | Licensed Hall of the University of Durham |
| President | Rev John Marsland |
| Students | 34 |
| Location | Ushaw Moor, England |
| Website | http://www.ushaw.ac.uk/ |
Ushaw College (St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) was a Roman Catholic seminary near Durham, England that closed in 2011 due to the shortage of vocations. Ushaw was the principal seminary in the north of England for the training of Catholic priests.
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[edit] History
The English College, Douai was founded in 1568 but was forced to leave France in 1795 following the French Revolution. Part of the college settled temporarily at Crook Hall northwest of Durham. In 1804 Bishop William Gibson began the buildings at Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham which opened in 1808.
The original college buildings (1804–1808) were designed by James Taylor. There was a steady expansion during the nineteenth century with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of clerical and secular students. The Junior House, designed by the distinguished architect, Peter Paul Pugin, was added in 1859. St Cuthbert’s Chapel, designed by Dunn and Hansom, was opened in 1884, replacing an earlier one by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, which the seminary had outgrown. The Refectory was designed and built by Pugin. The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students.
The main college buildings are grade II listed, however the College Chapel is grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is grade I.
Ushaw became a Licensed Hall of the University of Durham in 1968. It was independent of the University but offered courses validated by the University. Both Church and lay students studied at the college. The Junior House closed in 1970, its younger students being transferred to St Joseph's College, Upholland in Lancashire.
In 2002 the College rejected a report from the Roman Catholic hierarchy that it should merge with St Mary's College, Oscott, near Birmingham[1] but in October 2010 it was announced that the college would close in 2011 due to the shortage of vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, and that the site might be sold.[2] In June 2011 it was announced that the college's Trustees and Durham University had agreed to commission a detailed feasibility study to identify appropriate future uses for the College.[3]
[edit] Heraldry
The College armorial bearings are "Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."
Various emblems on shield represent the college's history and foundation, for example:-
- Three coneys are from the family coat of arms of William Allen, the founder of English College, Douai. See Three hares.
- The small cross of St Cuthbert represents the College's patron saint (it is modelled on St Cuthbert's own pectoral cross, which is kept in the Treasury at Durham Cathedral).
- The large cross of St George honours the English Roman Catholic Martyrs.
[edit] Former Presidents
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[edit] Alumni
Clergy
- Cardinal Wiseman - First Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Cardinal Bourne - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Cardinal Hinsley - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Cardinal Godfrey - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Cardinal Heenan - Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
- Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta - Cardinal Secretary of State
- Charles Petre Eyre - Archbishop of Glasgow.
- Bishop Hugh Lindsay - 10th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
- Bishop James Chadwick - 2nd Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
- Bishop Alexander Goss - Bishop of Liverpool
- Bishop Thomas Grant - Bishop of Southwark
- Bishop Mark Davies - Bishop of Shrewsbury
- Father John Lingard - Author of The History Of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII
- John Furniss - An English Roman Catholic priest, known for his mission to children.
- Monsignor James Nugent - was a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
- Nicholas Rigby - was an English Roman Catholic priest and author of "The Real Doctrine of the Church on Scripture".
- Rev Louis Charles Casartelli was a Roman Catholic priest and the fourth Bishop of Salford.
Lay
- George Goldie - Nineteenth century ecclesiastical architect
- Alexander Martin Sullivan - Irish Lawyer and defence counsel in the trial of Roger Casement
- Charles Napier Hemy -Artist & Royal Academician
- Francis Thompson - English poet
- Joseph Gillow - Author of Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Roman Catholics
- Sir William Shee - First Roman Catholic to sit as a judge in England and Wales since the Reformation
- Paul Goggins - Labour Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East and junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office.
- Joseph Scott - Attorney in Los Angeles, founder of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, Vice-President of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
- Lafcadio Hearn - also known as Koizumi Yakumo, was an author, best known for his books about Japan.
- Francis Petre - A prominent New Zealand-born architect designed the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch.
- Peter Paul Pugin - was an English architect
- James Joseph Foy - was the Ontario Attorney General and political figure.
- Major Myles William Patrick O'Reilly - was a Roman Catholic soldier and Politician.
- Archibald Matthias Dunn - Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architect
- Major James Gerald O'Ryan - British/Indian Army
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/02/religion.highereducation
- ^ http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/10/09/historic-ushaw-college-will-close-its-doors-61634-27436541/
- ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/research/news/?itemno=12272
[edit] External links
- Ushaw College official site
- Roman Catholic Encyclopaedia Entry for Ushaw College
- Ushaw College Library
- St Cuthbert's Society, Ushaw (Alumni)
- Thomas Eyre, the first President
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