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:
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
- Facultades de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel
- Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa
- Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb
- Seminario Pontificio Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santo Domingo
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- 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
- Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta
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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)
- Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù
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- Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine, New Taipei City
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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.[2]
- Mount Angel Abbey's Seminary, Saint Benedict, OR - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy.[3]
- Mount St. Mary's University Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.[4]
- 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[5]
- Saint Patrick's Seminary and University, Menlo Park, CA - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception.[6]
- Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH - offers the S.T.B. through the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.[7]
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