Ecclesiastical university

An ecclesiastical university is a special type of higher education school recognised by the Canon law of the Catholic Church. It is one of two types of universities recognised, the other type being the Catholic university. Every single ecclesiastical university is a pontifical university, while only a few Catholic universities are pontifical.

Some independent institutions, schools or university faculties, even at non-pontifical universities, can be ecclesiastical institutes, ecclesiastical schools or ecclesiastical faculties and may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant ecclesiastical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields.

Ecclesiastical universities are licensed to grant ecclesiastical degrees in:

• Theology, including biblical studies and Church history
• Ecclesiastical Philosophy
• Canon Law

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.).

Ecclesiastical universities and faculties

Argentina

• Facultades de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel

Australia

• Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney

Brazil

• Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia, Belo Horizonte

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 ecclesiastical 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

Chile

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

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

• Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa

Croatia

• Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb

Dominican Republic

• Seminario Pontificio Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santo Domingo

France

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• Centre Sèvres - Facultés Théologique et Philosophique des Jésuites, Paris
• Faculté de Théologie et de Philosophie (Université Catholique de Lyon), Paris
• Faculté de Théologie (Université Catholique de l'Ouest), Angers
• Faculté de Théologie (Université Catholique de Lille), Lille
• Faculté de Théologie Notre-Dame, Paris

Germany

• Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt

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 Athenaeum of Philosophy and Theology, Bangalore
• Vidyajyoti Faculty of Theology, Delhi
• Satya Nilayam Institute of Philosophy and Culture, Chennai
• Faculty of Theology of Ranchi, Ranchi

Indonesia

• Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta

Ireland

• St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Israel

• École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, Jerusalem
• Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Jerusalem campus
• Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem
• Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Jerusalem campus

Italy

Main article: Pontifical universities in Rome

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(Pontifical Universities and Atheneum are listed in the Pontifical Universities article, while here are the Pontifical Institutes and Faculties.)

• Pontifical Institute "John Paul II" for Marriage and Family Sciences, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Ambrosian Sacred Music, Milan
• Pontifical Faculty of Education "Auxilium," Rome
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology and Institute of Spirituality "Teresianum," Rome
• Pontifical Theological Faculty "Marianum," Rome
• Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure "Seraphicum," Rome
• Pontifical Institute for Biblical Studies "Biblicum," Rome
• Pontifical Institute for Eastern Studies "Orientale," Rome
• Pontifical Institute for Patristic Sciences "Augustinianum," Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Theology of Consecrated Life "Claretianum," Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Moral Theology "Accademia Alfonsiana," Rome
• Pontifical Institute for Pastoral Ministry "Redemptor Hominis," Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Latinitas, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Sacred Liturgy, Rome
• Pontifical Institute of Utriusque Iuris, Rome
• Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, Naples
• Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, Cagliari
• Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily «San Giovanni Evangelista», Palermo
• Theological Faculty of Apulia, Bari
• Theological Faculty of Central Italy, Florence
• Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna
• Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Milan, Turin, Genoa
• Theological Faculty of the Triveneto, Padua
• Faculty of Canon Law «San Pio X», Venice
• «Sophia» University Institute, Loppiano
• Academic Theological Study Bressanone, Bressanone (affiliated with the Faculty of Theology of the University of Innsbruck in Austria)

Lebanon

• Faculté de Théologie, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh

Malta

• Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù

Nigeria

• Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt

Philippines

• Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

Poland

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

Spain

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• Ateneo Universitario Sant Pacià, Barcelona
• Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso, Madrid
• Faculty of Canon Law (at Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Martir), Valencia
• Faculty of Theology (at Universidad de Deusto), Bilbao
• Faculty of Theology (at Universidad Loyola Andalucía), Granada
• Faculty of Theology "San Esteban," Salamanca
• Faculty of Theology "San Isidoro de Sevilla," Sevilla
• Faculty of Theology "San Vicente Ferrer," Valencia
• Theological Faculty of Northern Spain - Burgos Campus
• Theological Faculty of Northern Spain - Vitoria Campus

Switzerland

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• Faculty of Theology (at Université de Fribourg), Fribourg
• Faculty of Theology (at Università di Lucerna), Lucerne
• Faculty of Theology (at Università della Svizzera italiana), Lugano
• Theological School of Chur (German: Theologische Hochschule Chur), Chur

Taiwan

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• Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine, New Taipei City

United Kingdom

• Mater Ecclesiae College of St Mary's University, Twickenham, formerly the Bellarmine Institute of Heythrop College, University of London

United States

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• Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (at Boston College), Brighton, MA
• Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology (at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake), Mundelein, IL
• Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (at Santa Clara University), Berkeley, CA
• Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception (at the Dominican House of Studies), Washington, DC
• St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD
• The Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington, DC

Additionally, numerous other United States institutions have arrangements by which they may grant pontifical degrees, including:

• Archdiocese of New York's St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, NY – offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.
• Kenrick–Glennon Seminary, Shrewsbury, MO - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
• Mount Angel Abbey's Seminary, Saint Benedict, OR - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy.
• Mount St. Mary's University Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
• Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI - offers both the S.T.B. and S.T.L through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy
• Saint Patrick's Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.
• Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.