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, Sacred Scripture and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a European system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, license, and doctorate.

Independent institutions or individual faculties at non-pontifical universities may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant pontifical 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.).

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[edit] List of pontifical universities, institutes and faculties

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[edit] Argentina

[edit] Australia

  • Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Congo, Democratic Republic of

  • Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa

[edit] Croatia

  • Filozofski Fakultet, Zagreb

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Dominican Republic

[edit] Ecuador

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Guatemala

  • Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala City

[edit] India

  • Pontifical Athenaeum, Poona
  • Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Alwaye, Kerala
  • Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam

[edit] Indonesia

  • Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

[edit] Ivory Coast

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

[edit] Japan

[edit] Kenya

  • The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi

[edit] Lebanon

[edit] Malta

  • Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] Nigeria

  • Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt

[edit] Panama

  • University of S. Maria La Antigua, Panama City

[edit] Paraguay

[edit] Peru

[edit] Philippines

or The Pontifical and Royal Catholic University of the Philippines The University of Santo Tomas

[edit] Poland

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Spain

[edit] Swiss

  • Theologische Fakultät, Universität Luzern, Luzern
  • Theologische Hochschule Chur, Chur

[edit] Taiwan

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] Venezuela

[edit] See also